graveolens

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡraˈu̯e.o.lens/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡraˈve.o.lens/,

Adjective

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

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

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
	singular			plural
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.

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