fētĭdus

I. Prop., that has an ill smell, stinking, fetid: anima fetida, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 13; cf.: cum isto ore fetido teterrimam nobis popinam inhalasses, Cic. Pis. 6, 13: corpus, Suet. Ner. 51: pisces, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 33.—Comp.: dejectiones, Cels. 3, 2.—

II. Fig., foul, disgusting: libido, Prud. στεφ. 2, 245.—Of heresy (sup.): fetidissimus fons, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 7, 11 fin.