Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From gravis (“heavy”) + olēns (“smelling”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡraˈwe.ɔ.ɫẽːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ɡraˈvɛː.o.lens]
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.
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | |
| nominative | graveolēns | graveolentēs | graveolentia | |
| genitive | graveolentis | graveolentium | ||
| dative | graveolentī | graveolentibus | ||
| accusative | graveolentem | graveolēns | graveolentīs graveolentēs |
graveolentia |
| ablative | graveolentī graveolente |
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.