olfacio

Syncopic form of olefaciō, from oleō (“to smell of”) +‎ faciō (“to do, make”). As known from Quintillian, the old form had been superseded in speech with the syncopated form by the 1st century CE.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /olˈfa.ki.oː/, [ɔɫ̪ˈfäkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /olˈfa.t͡ʃi.o/, [olˈfäːt͡ʃio]

olfaciō (present infinitive olfacere, perfect active olfēcī, supine olfactum); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular passive voice

1. (literal, transitive) to smell, scent

   Synonyms: olfactō, odōror

   1. (figuratively, transitive) to smell, detect, surmise; to hear about
2. (transitive) to cause to smell of anything

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• faciō
• oleō

• “olfacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “olfacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• olfacio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.