subodorari

subodorari [CL sub-+odorari], ~are, to catch a whiff of, (fig.) to get wind of, to have an inkling of. 1526 nam ipse dejero ‥ me vel hinc ~ari quantum sit ergastulum in quo versaris, dum tot opera non dico cursim, quod ego, legis, sed castigas (R. Aldridge) Ep. Erasm. VI 1766; quod Varvicensis †subadorans [l. subodorans], arripit ansam, / qua contra regem magis excitat ira furorem J. Herd Hist. IV Regum 15.

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