odorus

Latin

Etymology

odor (“smell”) +‎ -us (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oˈdoː.rus/, [ɔˈd̪oːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈdo.rus/, [oˈd̪ɔːrus]

Adjective

odōrus (feminine odōra, neuter odōrum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (chiefly poetic) odorous
2. (literary) sweet-smelling, fragrant
3. (literary) foul-smelling, smelly, stinking
4. That tracks by the smell.

Declension

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

• inodōrus

References

• “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.