odōror ātus, ārī, dep. odor, to smell at, smell out, scent: cibum, H.

—Fig., to aspire to, aim at: hunc decemviratum, to be snuffing after.

—To search out, trace out, investigate: pecuniam: tu velim ex Fabio odorere: odorabantur omnia et pervestigabant: quid futurum sit: Polypus an cubet hircus, H.

—To get a smattering of: philosophiam, Ta.