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nidor

strong smell, fumes

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Where it lives

Ad Martyras 1 · 6.72/10k
Mosella 1 · 3.08/10k
Commodus Antoninus 1 · 2.89/10k
Ad Uxorem 1 · 2.41/10k
Octavius 2 · 1.72/10k
De ieiunio adversus psychicos 1 · 1.69/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 1.57/10k
Apologeticum 3 · 1.5/10k
De idolatria 1 · 1.45/10k
Satyrarum libri 2 · 1.41/10k
In Eutropium 1 · 1.39/10k
Apotheosis 1 · 1.35/10k

Densest 12 of 33 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. nidor — de Vaan

nidor 'strong smell, fumes' [m. r] (Lucr.+) Derivatives: mddricupius 'who loves the smell of cooking' (Plrl·). Pit *kneifid-os-. PIE *knei(H)d-os- 'itch'? IE cognates: Gr. Att κνϊσα, Horn κνϊση 'smell, fume', Gr. κνίδη 'nettle' < *knid-, κνίζω 'scratch, irritate (skin)' < *knid-ie-, Latv. kniest 'to itch', Lith. kniedenti 'to clinch', OIc, hniss (< *knid-toycooking odour', OE hmtan 'to sting', OIc. hnita 'strong … — [de Vaan, s.v. nidor, p. 422]

2. nīdor — Lewis & Short

nīdor, ōris, m.cf. Gr. kni/ssa for knidia,

I a vapor, steam, smell, from any thing boiled, roasted, burned, etc.: nidoris odores, Lucr 6, 987: galbaneus, Verg. G. 3, 415: pinguescant madidi laeto nidore Penates, Mart. 7, 27, 5; Plin. 24, 15, 85, § 135: nocturnumque recens exstinctum lumen ubi acri Nidore offendit nares, Lucr. 6, 792: ganearum nidor atque fumus, Cic. Pis. 6, 13: foedus quidam nidor ex adustā plumā, Liv. 38, 7; Plin. 13, 1, 1, § 2: captus nidore culinae, Juv. 5, 162: nidor e culinā, said of a slave who hangs constantly about the kitchen, a fume of the kitchen, kitchen-companion, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 5.

3. nidor — Walde–Hofmann

nidor, -öris m. „Bratenduft, Brodem, Qualm, Dampf“; vlt. „Russ“ (Svennung Wortst. 100; seit Plaut.), nidorösus „dampfend“ seit Tert., midörö Not, Tir.: aus *entdös (-or wie in vapor, Hermann GCAbh. 23, 3 p. 156) zu gr. hom. xvion (*kvib-g-à), att. xvioa f. „Duft, alm“ (Vanıdek N, an. hniss n. „Geruch, ekelhafter Geschmack beim - Essen“ (Johansson KZ. 30, 416f. Uppsala Univ. Ärsskr. 1917 Nr. 158 m. Lit., Solmsen … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. nidor, p. 1072]

In the wild

nidore Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 6.792
nidoribus Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 8.5.18
nidore Horace, Satyrarum libri 2.7.38
nidore Juvenal, Saturae 1.5.162
nidoris Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 28.4.34
nidorum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 10.33.p1

6 of 78 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. nidor (scan p. 422; entry #1141). Root candidates: *knid-, *kneid-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. nidor (scan p. 465; entry #7481).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. nidor (scan pp. 1072-1073; entry #1847). Root candidates: *gnegid-, *knómi-, *knomen-.

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