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olfactus2

Part., from olfacio

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Where it lives

Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 1 · 2.74/10k
Naturalis Historia 27 · 0.68/10k

What it meant

1. olfactus — Lewis & Short

olfactus, a, um,

Part., from olfacio.

2. olfactus — Lewis & Short

olfactus, ūs, m.olfacio.

I Lit., a smelling, smell (post-Aug.): thymi, Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 156 (al. olfacto thymo); 32, 3, 13, § 28; 35, 15, 51, § 182.—

II Transf., the sense of smell: delphini nec olfactūs vestigia habent, Plin. 11, 37, 50, § 137; 10, 70, 90, § 194.

In the wild

olfactu Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 20.5.p6
olfactum Ausonius, Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 83.2
olfactu Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 32.9.p10
olfactu Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 35.15.p2
olfactu Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 20.14.p3
olfactum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 11.3

6 of 28 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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