olfactus

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === From olfaciō (“to smell, scent”) +‎ -tus (action noun suffix). ==== Noun ==== olfactus m (genitive olfactūs); fourth declension (literal) an act of smelling, a smell (transferred sense) the sense of smell ===== Inflection ===== Fourth-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === Perfect passive participle of olfaciō (“to smell, scent”). ==== Participle ==== olfactus (feminine olfacta, neuter olfactum); first/second-declension participle smelling, scenting ===== Inflection ===== First/second-declension adjective. === 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.