odorus

Latin

Etymology

odor (smell) + -us (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

Adjective

odōrus (feminine odōra, neuter odōrum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (chiefly poetic) odorous
  2. (literary) sweet-smelling, fragrant
  3. (literary) foul-smelling, smelly, stinking
  4. That tracks by the smell.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative odōrus odōra odōrum odōrī odōrae odōra
Genitive odōrī odōrae odōrī odōrōrum odōrārum odōrōrum
Dative odōrō odōrō odōrīs
Accusative odōrum odōram odōrum odōrōs odōrās odōra
Ablative odōrō odōrā odōrō odōrīs
Vocative odōre odōra odōrum odōrī odōrae odōra

Derived terms

References

  • odorus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • odorus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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