- feteo
- fētĕo (less correctly foetĕo, faetĕo ), ēre, no perf., v. n. [Sanscr. dhū-, dhūmas, smoke; Gr. thuma, thuos; Lat. fumus; fetere (or foet-), for fovitere; cf. also foedus]. Lit., to have an ill smell, to stink:II.
an fetet anima uxori tuae?
Plaut. As. 5, 2, 44; 78:fetere multo Myrtale solet vino,
Mart. 5, 4, 1:abstineat a fetentibus acrimoniis allii vel caeparum,
Col. 9, 14, 3.—Fig.:fi! fi! fetet Tuus mihi sermo,
Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 7:omnes civitates lupanaribus fetent,
Salv. Gub. D. 7, 23.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.