Halitus

Latin-English

hālĭt|us, -ūs. (ˈa.li.tus) masc.

1. Exhalation or emanation of smell or vapor; breath.

[halo.]

Loci

• αʹ Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 21.83:

Halitus oris commanducata abolet alarumque vitia.

When chewed, it corrects breath and armpit odors.