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Latin
Etymology
oleō (“to smell”) + -idus
Pronunciation
Adjective
olidus (feminine olida, neuter olidum); first/second-declension adjective
- emitting a smell
- bad smelling; fetid, stinking, rank
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “olidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “olidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- olidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.