scent
scent
subs.
Power of smelling: P. ὄσφρησις, ἡ.
Smell, perfume: P. and V. ὀσμή, ἡ.
Sweet scent: P. εὐωδία, ἡ.
Track: P. and V. ἴχνος, τό.
On the scent: P. and V. κᾰτʼ ἴχνος.
Having a keen scent, adj.: V. εὔρῑς.
Scents, essences: P. and V. μύρον, τό.
subs.
Power of smelling: P. ὄσφρησις, ἡ.
Smell, perfume: P. and V. ὀσμή, ἡ.
Sweet scent: P. εὐωδία, ἡ.
Track: P. and V. ἴχνος, τό.
On the scent: P. and V. κᾰτʼ ἴχνος.
Having a keen scent, adj.: V. εὔρῑς.
Scents, essences: P. and V. μύρον, τό.
scent
v. trans.
Anoint with ointment: Ar. μῠρίζειν, μῠροῦν.
Perceive by smell: P. and V. ὀσφραίνεσθαι (gen. or absol.) (Eur. Cycl.).
Scent out, track out: P. and V. ἰχνεύειν, V. ῥῑνηλᾰτεῖν ; see track.
I scent out a despotism such as Hippias set up: Ar. ὀσφραίνομαι τῆς Ἱππίου τυραννίδος (Lys. 619).
Have an inkling of: P. and V. μαντεύεσθαι. (acc.).
v. trans.
Anoint with ointment: Ar. μῠρίζειν, μῠροῦν.
Perceive by smell: P. and V. ὀσφραίνεσθαι (gen. or absol.) (Eur. Cycl.).
Scent out, track out: P. and V. ἰχνεύειν, V. ῥῑνηλᾰτεῖν ; see track.
I scent out a despotism such as Hippias set up: Ar. ὀσφραίνομαι τῆς Ἱππίου τυραννίδος (Lys. 619).
Have an inkling of: P. and V. μαντεύεσθαι. (acc.).
SCENT
s. The power of smell odoratio (perception by means of the olfactory nerves): odoratus (sense or faculty of smelling): ☞ olfactus instead of odoratus and odor are poetical only.
The exhalation of anything odor odor (general term both good or bad smell): nidor (κνίσσα): spiritus (e.g. of flowers; to live on the scent of flowers spiritu florum naribus hausto victitare): anhelitus (of spirits). A bad scent odor malus or teter; odor foedus: foetor (the latter stronger terms). A pleasant or agreeable scent odor suavis: suavitas odoris: a strong scent odor gravis: to have a scent odorem habere praestare emittere (poetically spargere spirare diffundere): to have a fine scent bene or jucunde olere: to have a bad scent male olere; foetere. The agreeable scent of flowers suavitas odorum qui afflantur e floribus: to have a scent of such and such a thing (= to smell like so and so) olere or redolere. Anything loses its scent alicujus rei odor non permanet integer (after Col. 12 51 [49] 3): without scent odore carens: ex aliqua re odor non afflatur or odores non afflantur: to be without scent nihil olere (to smell of nothing).
(Of dogs) sagacitas: a dog of good scent canis sagax or canis vestigator. To follow the scent [Vid: To SCENT]: to be on the scent odoratu sentire aliquid odorari aliquid (PROP.); odorare sentire (figuratively): to put upon a wrong scent a recta via abducere (PROP.); inducere aliquem in errorem (figuratively): to get on the wrong scent deflectere a via (PROP.); errare (figuratively). To get scent of anything; e.g. that there is money somewhere nummos olfacere (as Cic. Rull. 1 4 11). Should not I have got scent of this six whole months ago when etc. non sex totis mensibus prius olfecissem cum etc. (Ter. Ad. 3 3 42): ☞ olet or subolet alicui aliquid comic only.
s. The power of smell odoratio (perception by means of the olfactory nerves): odoratus (sense or faculty of smelling): ☞ olfactus instead of odoratus and odor are poetical only.
The exhalation of anything odor odor (general term both good or bad smell): nidor (κνίσσα): spiritus (e.g. of flowers; to live on the scent of flowers spiritu florum naribus hausto victitare): anhelitus (of spirits). A bad scent odor malus or teter; odor foedus: foetor (the latter stronger terms). A pleasant or agreeable scent odor suavis: suavitas odoris: a strong scent odor gravis: to have a scent odorem habere praestare emittere (poetically spargere spirare diffundere): to have a fine scent bene or jucunde olere: to have a bad scent male olere; foetere. The agreeable scent of flowers suavitas odorum qui afflantur e floribus: to have a scent of such and such a thing (= to smell like so and so) olere or redolere. Anything loses its scent alicujus rei odor non permanet integer (after Col. 12 51 [49] 3): without scent odore carens: ex aliqua re odor non afflatur or odores non afflantur: to be without scent nihil olere (to smell of nothing).
(Of dogs) sagacitas: a dog of good scent canis sagax or canis vestigator. To follow the scent [Vid: To SCENT]: to be on the scent odoratu sentire aliquid odorari aliquid (PROP.); odorare sentire (figuratively): to put upon a wrong scent a recta via abducere (PROP.); inducere aliquem in errorem (figuratively): to get on the wrong scent deflectere a via (PROP.); errare (figuratively). To get scent of anything; e.g. that there is money somewhere nummos olfacere (as Cic. Rull. 1 4 11). Should not I have got scent of this six whole months ago when etc. non sex totis mensibus prius olfecissem cum etc. (Ter. Ad. 3 3 42): ☞ olet or subolet alicui aliquid comic only.
v. Transitively To perceive by the smell odorari: olfacere (to inhale any scent so as to have the olfactory nerves affected by it; hence to perceive = to get or have a scent of anything [Vid.
substantive): conceptum odorem sectari (PROP. of dogs to follow the scent †); also alicujus or alicujus rei vestigia persequi or persequi aliquem or aliquid simply.
To imbue with odor odoribus imbuere or perfundere (to perfume): unguento perfricare (by way of anointing): to be scented unguenta olere (to smell of scent or perfume): unguentis affluere (all over): to scent one’s self se odoribus imbuere (general term); se ungere: caput et os suum unguento perfricare (with unguents): to scent with anything suffire aliqua re; e.g. thymo [Vid: To FUMIGATE]: scented odoratus.
To perfume Vid: SCENT-BOX vasculum olfactorium (Isid. 19 31 extr.).
To imbue with odor odoribus imbuere or perfundere (to perfume): unguento perfricare (by way of anointing): to be scented unguenta olere (to smell of scent or perfume): unguentis affluere (all over): to scent one’s self se odoribus imbuere (general term); se ungere: caput et os suum unguento perfricare (with unguents): to scent with anything suffire aliqua re; e.g. thymo [Vid: To FUMIGATE]: scented odoratus.
To perfume Vid: SCENT-BOX vasculum olfactorium (Isid. 19 31 extr.).
scent (subs.):
I. The sense of smell:
1. ŏdōrātus, ūs: v.SMELL .
2. săgācĭtas (keenness of s.; applied to dogs): the keen s. of dogs in pursuing the game, canum ad investigandum s. narium, Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 158.
II. Fragrancy: ŏdor (any smell; hence requiring some adjunct to denote a pleasant smell): a pleasant s., o. suavis et jucundus, Cic. Verr. 3, 9, 23: to scatter s.s around, spargere odores, Hor. Od. 2, 15, 7: to inhale a s. greedily, o. avide trahere naribus, Phaedr. 3, 1, 3: the fragrance of the s.s which are exhaled by flowers, suavitas odorum qui afflantur ex floribus, Cic. Sen. 17, 59: the s. of gain is pleasant, lucri bonus o., Juv. 14, 204: Cic.: v.PERFUME . Fig.: there is some s. of a dictatorship, est o. dictaturae, Cic. Att. 4, 16. Phr.: to have a keen s., sagacem nasum habere, Pl. Curc. 1, 2, 18: dolphins have a very keen s., delphini sagacissime olfaciunt, Plin. 11, 37, 50: a pack of hounds of keen s., odora canum vis, Virg. Aen. 4, 132 (v. KEEN-SCENTED ): to get s. of the money, numum olfacere. Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 11: she has got s. of your purse, oboluit marsupium huic, Pl. Men. 2, 3, 33 (38): has my father got s. of it? numquid subolet patri? Ter. Ph. 3, 1, 10: the sweet s. of ointment, spiritus unguenti suavis, Lucr. 3, 223: the whole realm of s.s, omnis copia narium, Hor. Od. 2, 15, 6: gardens laden with the s. of flowers, halantes floribus horti, Virg. G. 4, 109.
I. The sense of smell:
1. ŏdōrātus, ūs: v.
2. săgācĭtas (keenness of s.; applied to dogs): the keen s. of dogs in pursuing the game, canum ad investigandum s. narium, Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 158.
II. Fragrancy: ŏdor (any smell; hence requiring some adjunct to denote a pleasant smell): a pleasant s., o. suavis et jucundus, Cic. Verr. 3, 9, 23: to scatter s.s around, spargere odores, Hor. Od. 2, 15, 7: to inhale a s. greedily, o. avide trahere naribus, Phaedr. 3, 1, 3: the fragrance of the s.s which are exhaled by flowers, suavitas odorum qui afflantur ex floribus, Cic. Sen. 17, 59: the s. of gain is pleasant, lucri bonus o., Juv. 14, 204: Cic.: v.
scent (v.):
I. To perceive by the smell: ŏdōror. 1: hounds s. everything, canes venatici omnia odorantur, Cic. Verr. 4, 13, 21: to s. anybody out by his footsteps, vestigiis o. ingressus alicujus, id. Pis. 34, 83. v.SMELL .
II. To make fragrant: ŏdōro, 1: it (the plant) colours and s.s the honey, mella colorat odoratque, Col. 9, 4: to s. the air, o. aera, Ov. M. 15, 734: v.PERFUME . (Or by circuml., odoribus perfundere, imbuere: cf. Hor. Od. 1, 5, 2.)
I. To perceive by the smell: ŏdōror. 1: hounds s. everything, canes venatici omnia odorantur, Cic. Verr. 4, 13, 21: to s. anybody out by his footsteps, vestigiis o. ingressus alicujus, id. Pis. 34, 83. v.
II. To make fragrant: ŏdōro, 1: it (the plant) colours and s.s the honey, mella colorat odoratque, Col. 9, 4: to s. the air, o. aera, Ov. M. 15, 734: v.