(verb) : ŏdōror, ātus, 1, id.
* To smell at, examine by smelling (cf. olfacio).
* Lit.: pallam,Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 55.
* Transf., to smell out, detect by the scent; to scent: ibo odorans, quasi canis venaticus,Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 113: cibum,Hor. Epod. 6, 10: hominem,Col. 6, 2: vultures sagacius odorantur,Plin. 10, 69, 88, § 191: bellum,Vulg. Job, 39, 25.
* Trop.
* To aspire to, aim at a thing, in a contemptuous sense; to snuff, as a dog: quos odorari hunc decemviratum suspicamini,Cic. Agr. 2, 24, 65.
* To search out, trace out, investigate: odorabantur omnia et pervestigabant,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 31: quid sentiant,id. de Or. 2, 44, 186: quid futurum sit,id. Att. 14, 22, 1: soles enim tu haec festive odorari,id. ib. 4, 14, 2: pecuniam,id. Clu. 30, 82: tu velim ex Fabio odorere,id. Att. 4, 8, 4: sagacius,id. ib. 6, 4, 3: odorandi vias occultas sagax,Amm. 14, 5, 6.
* To get an inkling or smattering of any thing: odoratus philosophiam,Tac. Or. 19, 3: veritatem leviter,Lact. 7, 1, 11.

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