red-oleō uī, -, ēre, to emit scent, diffuse odor, smell of, be redolent of: redolent murrae, O.: redolent thymo fragrantia mella, V.: vinum redolens, smelling of wine: Illa tuas redolent medicamina mensas, O.

—Fig., to exhale, breathe, reach the senses: mihi ex illius orationibus redolere ipsae Athenae videntur, i. e. have a true Athenian flavor: ut multa eius sermonis indicia redolerent: orationes redolentes antiquitatem, savor of: nihil illa vicinitas redolet? suggests.