noun

fētor

gen. fētōris · gender masculine · decl. 3rd

(, ), , feteo.

an offensive smell; a stench •

Prop., an offensive smell, a stench: jacebat in suorum Graecorum fetore atque vino, Cic. Pis. 10, 22; Col. 12, 18, 3: fetores oris emendare, Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 100: nec fetet fetor amanti, Paul. Nol. Carm. 18, 348.—

foulness; noisomeness •

Fig., foulness, noisomeness: reconditorum verborum fetores, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 86: fetorem haereticae pestis evomuit, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 5, 47.

Perseus ID: n18058 Key: fetor