olfactus
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Latin
Etymology 1
From olfaciō (“to smell, scent”) + -tus (action noun suffix).
Noun
olfactus m (genitive olfactūs); fourth declension
Inflection
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | olfactus | olfactūs |
| Genitive | olfactūs | olfactuum |
| Dative | olfactuī | olfactibus |
| Accusative | olfactum | olfactūs |
| Ablative | olfactū | olfactibus |
| Vocative | olfactus | olfactūs |
Descendants
Descendants of olfactus
Etymology 2
Perfect passive participle of olfaciō (“to smell, scent”).
Participle
olfactus (feminine olfacta, neuter olfactum); first/second-declension participle
Inflection
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | olfactus | olfacta | olfactum | olfactī | olfactae | olfacta | |
| Genitive | olfactī | olfactae | olfactī | olfactōrum | olfactārum | olfactōrum | |
| Dative | olfactō | olfactō | olfactīs | ||||
| Accusative | olfactum | olfactam | olfactum | olfactōs | olfactās | olfacta | |
| Ablative | olfactō | olfactā | olfactō | olfactīs | |||
| Vocative | olfacte | olfacta | olfactum | olfactī | olfactae | olfacta | |
References
- “olfactus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- olfactus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.