English → Latin
“fragrant” in Latin
odōrorto smell, examine by smelling; to search out, trace out, investigatesuāvissweet, pleasant, deliciousodōrusodorous; sweet-smelling, fragrant; foul-smelling, smelly, stinkingpraestōto be preferable, better, coupled with quam; to be outstanding, be exceeding in something, to excel, stand out, be superēmittōto send forth, emit, discharge; to hurl, cast; to let forth, let go, send outspargōto scatter, strew, sprinkle, sparkle; to throw here and there, cast, hurl, throw aboutspīrōto breathe, draw breath, respire; to blow, breathe, burst forth; to breathe out, exhale, emitdiffundōto diffuse, scatter; to decant, spread or pour out
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fragrant
bene olens (to smell well, imparting a good smell; poetically, odorus): odoratus (full of fragrancy, also if artificial, thus = perfumed): suavis (sweet): more fragrant, odore praestantior (after Plin., 15, 18, 19): to be fragrant, odorem habere, praestare, emittere (poetically, spargere, spirare, diffundere); bene or jucunde olere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fragrant?
- The usual Latin words for “fragrant” are odōror, suāvis, odōrus; also praestō, ēmittō, spargō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.