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(v. n.P. a.) : ŏlĕo, lŭi, 2 (collat. form ŏlo, ĕre;
* Pres. subj. olat, Afran. ap. Non. 147, 2: olant,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 56; id. Most. 1. 3, 121; Pompon. ap. Non. 147, 5). v. n. and a. [root od-; cf. Gr. ὄζω; v. odor], to smell (class.; cf. odoro, fragro).
* To emit a smell, to smell of any thing.
* Lit., constr. absol. or with acc., less freq. with abl. of that of which any thing smells: quid (jura) olant, nescias, nisi id unum, male ut olere intellegas,Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 120 sq.; id. Truc. 2, 4, 3: rosa recens a longinquo olet, sicca propius, Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 37: olent, salsa sunt, ut tangere non velis,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 35: mulieres ideo bene olere, quia nihil olebant, videbantur,Cic. Att. 2, 1, 1; cf. Mart. 2, 12: hesperis noctu magis olet,Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 39: ceram crocum olere,of wax,Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99: olet unguenta,Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 37: unguenta exotica,Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 41: vina fere dulces oluerunt mane Camenae,Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 5.— With abl.: cur nardo flammae non oluere meae?Prop. 5, 7, 32: Arabo rore,Ov. H. 15, 76: sulphure,id. M. 5, 405.—In a bad sense: cui os oleat,i. e. who has a foul breath,Dig. 21, 1, 12; cf. Mart. 12, 87.
* To betray itself or be observed by its smell: aurum huic olet,i. e. he smells out, observes that I have money,Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 39: non olet, unde sit, quod dicitur cum illis?don't you perceive whence it comes?Cic. Or. 45, 154.—Hence, ŏlens, entis, P. a., smelling, odorous (mostly poet.).
* Sweet-smelling, fragrant, odoriferous: rami olentes,Verg. G. 1, 188: serpylla,Verg. G. 4, 30: olentia pascua,Ov. A. A. 1, 95: mentae,id. M. 10, 729: Hymettus,Stat. Th. 12, 622.
* Lit., Stinking, foul, rank: leno,Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 111: maritus (i. e. hircus),Hor. C. 1, 17, 7: immundus olentia sudor Membra sequebatur,Verg. G. 3, 564: Medi ora,id. ib. 2, 134: fornix,Hor. S. 1, 2, 30: stagna Palici, i. e. olentia sulphure,Ov. P. 2, 10, 25: agri (from dead bodies),Luc. 7, 821.
* Trop.: quaedam,musty,Tac. Or. 22 fin.
* Pres. subj. olat, Afran. ap. Non. 147, 2: olant,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 56; id. Most. 1. 3, 121; Pompon. ap. Non. 147, 5). v. n. and a. [root od-; cf. Gr. ὄζω; v. odor], to smell (class.; cf. odoro, fragro).
* To emit a smell, to smell of any thing.
* Lit., constr. absol. or with acc., less freq. with abl. of that of which any thing smells: quid (jura) olant, nescias, nisi id unum, male ut olere intellegas,Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 120 sq.; id. Truc. 2, 4, 3: rosa recens a longinquo olet, sicca propius, Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 37: olent, salsa sunt, ut tangere non velis,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 35: mulieres ideo bene olere, quia nihil olebant, videbantur,Cic. Att. 2, 1, 1; cf. Mart. 2, 12: hesperis noctu magis olet,Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 39: ceram crocum olere,of wax,Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99: olet unguenta,Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 37: unguenta exotica,Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 41: vina fere dulces oluerunt mane Camenae,Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 5.— With abl.: cur nardo flammae non oluere meae?Prop. 5, 7, 32: Arabo rore,Ov. H. 15, 76: sulphure,id. M. 5, 405.—In a bad sense: cui os oleat,i. e. who has a foul breath,Dig. 21, 1, 12; cf. Mart. 12, 87.
* To betray itself or be observed by its smell: aurum huic olet,i. e. he smells out, observes that I have money,Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 39: non olet, unde sit, quod dicitur cum illis?don't you perceive whence it comes?Cic. Or. 45, 154.—Hence, ŏlens, entis, P. a., smelling, odorous (mostly poet.).
* Sweet-smelling, fragrant, odoriferous: rami olentes,Verg. G. 1, 188: serpylla,Verg. G. 4, 30: olentia pascua,Ov. A. A. 1, 95: mentae,id. M. 10, 729: Hymettus,Stat. Th. 12, 622.
* Lit., Stinking, foul, rank: leno,Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 111: maritus (i. e. hircus),Hor. C. 1, 17, 7: immundus olentia sudor Membra sequebatur,Verg. G. 3, 564: Medi ora,id. ib. 2, 134: fornix,Hor. S. 1, 2, 30: stagna Palici, i. e. olentia sulphure,Ov. P. 2, 10, 25: agri (from dead bodies),Luc. 7, 821.
* Trop.: quaedam,musty,Tac. Or. 22 fin.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
ŏlĕo, ēre, 2root al-; Sanscr. ar-, to rise; cf.: indoles, almus, alumnus. etc.
* To increase, grow, found only in the compounds: adoleo, aboleo, etc.
* To increase, grow, found only in the compounds: adoleo, aboleo, etc.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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