oleo

1.

ŏlĕo, lŭi, 2 (collat. form ŏlo, ĕre; pres. subj. olat, Afran. ap. Non. 147, 2:

olant,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 56; id. Most. 1. 3, 121; Pompon. ap. Non. 147, 5). v. n. and a. [root od-; cf. Gr. ozô; v. odor], to smell (class.; cf. odoro, fragro).

I.

To emit a smell, to smell of any thing.

A.

Lit., constr. absol. or with acc., less freq. with abl. of that of which any thing smells:

quid (jura) olant, nescias, nisi id unum, male ut olere intellegas,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 120 sq.; id. Truc. 2, 4, 3: rosa recens a longinquo [p. 1262] olet, sicca propius, Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 37:

olent, salsa sunt, ut tangere non velis,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 35:

mulieres ideo bene olere, quia nihil olebant, videbantur,

Cic. Att. 2, 1, 1; cf. Mart. 2, 12:

hesperis noctu magis olet,

Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 39:

ceram crocum olere,

of wax, Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99:

olet unguenta,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 37:

unguenta exotica,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 41:

vina fere dulces oluerunt mane Camenae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 5.— With abl.:

cur nardo flammae non oluere meae?

Prop. 5, 7, 32:

Arabo rore,

Ov. H. 15, 76:

sulphure,

id. M. 5, 405.—In a bad sense:

cui os oleat,

i. e. who has a foul breath, Dig. 21, 1, 12; cf. Mart. 12, 87.—

B.

Trop., to smell of, savor of any thing; to indicate, betray any thing: quid igitur? quid olet? responde! Pen. Furtum, scortum, prandium, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 60:

nihil olere peregrinum,

to savor of, betray, Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 44:

nihil ex Academiā,

id. N. D. 1, 26, 72:

malitiam,

id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

verba alumnum olent,

betray, Quint. 8, 1, 3.—

II.

To betray itself or be observed by its smell:

aurum huic olet,

i. e. he smells out, observes that I have money, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 39:

non olet, unde sit, quod dicitur cum illis?

don't you perceive whence it comes? Cic. Or. 45, 154.—Hence, ŏlens, entis, P. a., smelling, odorous (mostly poet. ).

A.

Sweet-smelling, fragrant, odoriferous:

rami olentes,

Verg. G. 1, 188:

serpylla,

Verg. G. 4, 30:

olentia pascua,

Ov. A. A. 1, 95:

mentae,

id. M. 10, 729:

Hymettus,

Stat. Th. 12, 622.—

B.

Lit., Stinking, foul, rank:

leno,

Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 111:

maritus (i. e. hircus),

Hor. C. 1, 17, 7:

immundus olentia sudor Membra sequebatur,

Verg. G. 3, 564:

Medi ora,

id. ib. 2, 134:

fornix,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 30:

stagna Palici, i. e. olentia sulphure,

Ov. P. 2, 10, 25:

agri (from dead bodies),

Luc. 7, 821.—

2.

Trop.:

quaedam,

musty, Tac. Or. 22 fin.

2.

ŏlĕo, ēre, 2 [root al-; Sanscr. ar-, to rise; cf.: indoles, almus, alumnus. etc.], to increase, grow, found only in the compounds: adoleo, aboleo, etc.