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odorifer

odorifer, spreading odor, fragrant

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

odōrifer, era, erum: adj. (odor and ferō), bearing odor; sweet, sweet-scented, 12.419.
ŏdōrĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [odor-fero], bringing or spreading odors, fragrant, odoriferous (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
  • I Lit.: panacea, Verg. A. 12, 419: flores, Sil. 16, 309.—
    • B Producing perfumes or spices: gens odorifera, i. e. Persae, Ov. M. 4, 209: Arabia, Plin. 5, 11, 12, § 65.—
  • II Prop., sweet, flattering, precious: non habemus ista odorifera, Sen. Ep. 33, 2: fructus sanctae religionis, Ambros. Spirit. Sanct. 2, 5, 40.

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