graveolens

Latin

Etymology

From gravis (“heavy”) + olēns (“smelling”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡraˈu̯e.o.lens/, [ɡräˈu̯eɔɫ̪ẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡraˈve.o.lens/, [ɡräˈvɛːolens]

Adjective

graveolēns (genitive graveolentis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. Strong-smelling
2. Foul-smelling; rank.
3. (New Latin) Used as a specific epithet in taxonomic names.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	graveolēns			graveolentēs	graveolentia
genitive	graveolentis			graveolentium
dative	graveolentī			graveolentibus
accusative	graveolentem	graveolēns		graveolentēs	graveolentia
ablative	graveolentī			graveolentibus
vocative	graveolēns			graveolentēs	graveolentia

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “foul-smelling”): odōrātus, suāveolens

References

• “graveolens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• graveolens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.