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Latin
Etymology
Present active participle from oleō (“smell; emit an odor”).
Participle
olēns (genitive olentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- smelling, stinking, odorous, fragrant
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- “olens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “olens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- olens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.