English → Latin
“odor” in Latin
odorA smell, perfume, stench.; Inkling, suggestion.exīstimātiōjudgement, opinion (normally good); reputation, honour, character, creditiūcunduspleasant, agreeable, delightful, pleasing, delicious
The English word odor itself goes back to Latin odor.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
odor
PROP., odor. A sweet odor, odor suavis, jucundus: sweet odors, suavitas odorum, or simply odores (Cic.).
Figuratively, Esteem, repute, existimatio. In bad odor, nonnulla infamia aspersus: to be in bad odor, minus commode audire; minus commodae esse existimationis; (with anybody) magna in offensa esse apud aliquem (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for odor?
- The usual Latin words for “odor” are odor, exīstimātiō, iūcundus. 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.