The corpus record — Latin

odorifer

odorifer · adj

bringing

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Where it lives

Silvae 2 · 0.8/10k
Elegiae 1 · 0.4/10k
Aeneid 1 · 0.16/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.13/10k
Naturalis Historia 5 · 0.13/10k
Punica 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

ŏdōrĭfer — Lewis & Short

ŏdōrĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj.odor-fero,

I bringing or spreading odors, fragrant, odoriferous (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

I Lit.: panacea, Verg. A. 12, 419: flores, Sil. 16, 309.—

B Producing perfumes or spices: gens odorifera, i. e. Persae, Ov. M. 4, 209: Arabia, Plin. 5, 11, 12, § 65.—

II Prop., sweet, flattering, precious: non habemus ista odorifera, Sen. Ep. 33, 2: fructus sanctae religionis, Ambros. Spirit. Sanct. 2, 5, 40.

In the wild

odoriferam Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.11
odoriferis Silius Italicus, Punica 16.309
odoriferis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 12.17.p4
odoriferis Statius, Silvae 1.4.104
odoriferos Statius, Silvae 2.6.86
odorifera Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 14.praef.p2

6 of 11 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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