graveolens
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From gravis (“heavy”) + olēns (“smelling”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡraˈu̯e.o.lens/, [ɡräˈu̯eɔɫ̪ẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ɡraˈve.o.lens/, [ɡräˈvɛːolens]
Adjective[edit]
graveolēns (genitive graveolentis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- Strong-smelling
- Foul-smelling; rank.
- (New Latin) Used as a specific epithet in taxonomic names.
Declension[edit]
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | 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[edit]
- (antonym(s) of “foul-smelling”): odōrātus, suāveolens
References[edit]
- “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.