ŏdor — Lewis & Short
ŏdor (old form ŏdos, like arbos, labos, etc., ōris, m.root od-; Gr. o)/zw, o)/dwda, o)dmh/; whence oleo, olfacio,
Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 35; id. Ps. 3, 2, 52; Sall. J. 44, 4),I a smell, scent, odor (class.; cf. fragrantia).
I Lit.
A In gen.:
omnis odor ad supera fertur,Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141:
odorem avide trahere naribus,Phaedr. 3, 1, 3:
florum,Cic. Sen. 17, 59.—
B In partic.
1 A pleasant odor, perfume; concr., perfumery, essences, spices (syn. odoramenta).—So mostly in plur.:
sternite lectos, incendite odores,Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 4:
incendere odores,Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 43; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35. § 77;
2, 5, 56, § 146: croceos odores Tmolus mittit,Verg. G. 1, 56:
perfusus liquidis odoribus,perfumed waters, ointments, balsams, Hor. C. 1, 5, 2; id. Ep. 2, 1, 269:
corpus differtum odoribus conditur,Tac. A. 16, 6.—Sing., Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 2:
fragrans Assyrio odore domus,Cat. 68, 144:
ara Fumat odore,incense, Hor. C. 3, 18, 7.—
2 A disagreeable smell, a stench, stink (syn.:
nidor, faetor): putidus odor ibi saepe ex sulfure et alumine. Varr L. L. 5, § 25 Müll.: cum odos aut pabuli egestas locum mutare subegerat,Sall. J. 44, 4:
camera odore foeda,id. C. 55, 4:
ingratos odores,Ov. M. 2, 626:
gravis,Verg. G. 4, 49:
taeter,Caes. B. C. 3, 49; Verg. A. 3, 228:
malus,Hor. Epod. 12, 8:
intolerabili foeditatis odore,Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 127:
offensus putrefacti cerebri odore,Suet. Calig. 27 fin.:
ignis,Vulg. Dan. 3, 94.—
II Trop., a scent, inkling, hint, presentiment, suggestion:
odor suspicionis,Cic. Clu. 27, 73:
legum,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 61, § 160:
hominum furta odore persequi,id. ib. 2, 4, 24, §
53: res fluit ad interregnum, et est non nullos odor dictaturae,id. Att. 4, 18, 3 B. and K. (al. 4, 16, 11):
lucri bonus est odor,Juv. 14, 204; cf.:
Christi bonus odor sumus Deo in iis,Vulg. 2 Cor. 2, 15:
urbanitatis,a tincture of politeness, Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 161.