odorus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
odor (“smell”) + -us (adjective-forming suffix)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /oˈdoː.rus/, [ɔˈd̪oːrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈdo.rus/, [oˈd̪ɔːrus]
Adjective edit
odōrus (feminine odōra, neuter odōrum); first/second-declension adjective
- (chiefly poetic) odorous
- (literary) sweet-smelling, fragrant
- (literary) foul-smelling, smelly, stinking
- That tracks by the smell.
Declension edit
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 edit
References edit
- “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.