ŏdōrus

I. emitting a scent or odor, odorous (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose for odoratus).

I. Lit.

A. Sweet-smelling, fragrant: flos, Ov. M. 9, 87: arbor, i. e. myrrha, id. A. A. 1, 287: res, Varr. L. L. 6, § 83 Müll. dub.—Comp.: odorius, Plin. 20, 17, 69, § 177.—Sup.: nardum Syriacum odorissimum, Isid. 17, 9, 3.—

B. Ill-smelling, stinking (post-class.): lumen odorum Sulfure, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 324.

II. Transf., that tracks by the smell, keenscented: odora canum vis (= copia odororum canum), Verg. A. 4, 132.