The corpus record — Latin

olidus

olidus · adj

smelling

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Where it lives

Mosella 1 · 3.08/10k
Apotheosis 1 · 1.35/10k
Tiberius 1 · 1.1/10k
Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k
Saturae 2 · 0.8/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k
Epigrammata 2 · 0.36/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 1 · 0.08/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

ŏlĭdus — Lewis & Short

ŏlĭdus, a, um, adj.oleo,

I smelling, emitting a smell (mostly post-Aug.): vasa picata bene olida, Col. 12, 17: bene olidae amphorae, id. 12, 38, 4.—Of a bad smell, stinking, rank: olida capra, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 29: praesaepia, Juv. 8, 157: senex, Suet Tib. 45: vulpes, Mart. 10, 37, 13: aures, Plin. 25, 5, 18, § 40.—Sup.: basia olidissima, Petr. 21.

In the wild

olidae Horace, Epistulae 1.5.29
olidissimis Petronius, Satyricon 21
olido Ausonius, Mosella pr.124
olida Juvenal, Saturae 3.8.157
olidis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 25.5.p1
olidae Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 9.238

6 of 13 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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