English → Latin
“stink” in Latin
fētorstench, stink, bad smell, fetidnessodorA smell, perfume, stench.; Inkling, suggestion.putōto clean, cleanse; to trim, prune, lop; to arrange, settleholusvegetable; greens
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
stink s.
odor malus: foeditas odoris; also, from context, odor only: foetor (common Latin and post-classical, Col., Plin.): olor (according to Döderlein, avoided as a too common and coarse word).
stink v.
male olere: foetere (less common): putere [SYN. in STINKING]. To stink of anything, olere or obolere aliquid (e.g., of garlic, allium).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for stink?
- The usual Latin words for “stink” are fētor, odor, putō; also holus. 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.