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Ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα → I know only one thing, that I know nothing | all I know is that I know nothing.

Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers, Book 2 sec. 32.
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Transliteration A: dýsosmos Transliteration B: dysosmos Transliteration C: dysosmos Beta Code: du/sosmos

English (LSJ)

Ion. δῠσοδμος, ον, (ὀσμή)

   A ill-smelling, ἐν δυσοδμοτάτῳ [τόπῳ] γινόμενον εὐωδέστατόν ἐστι Hdt. 3.112; ὀσμή Arist.Pr.908b29 (Comp.).    II bad for scent, in hunting, οἱ ὄμβροι τὴν γῆν ποιοῦσι δύσοσμον X.Cyn.5.3.    III Act., having a bad nose, Arist.Insomn.459b22.    IV δύσοσμον, τό, = σκόρδιον, Ps.-Dsc.3.111.