ὀσμή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, Att. form of the older [[ὀδμή]] (v. fin.), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[smell]], [[odour]], freq. of [[foul]] [[smell]]s, δεινὴ δὲ θεείου γίγνεται ὀδμή <span class="bibl">Il.14.415</span> ; <b class="b3">πικρὸν ἀποπνείουσαι ἁλὸς . . ὀδμήν</b>, of seals, <span class="bibl">Od.4.406</span>; ὀδμὰ . . κατὰ χῶρον κίδναται <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>129.6</span> ; ὀσμὴ βροτείων αἱμάτων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>253</span> ; <b class="b3">ὀσμὴν ἀπ' αὐτοῦ</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τοῦ νεκροῦ</b>) . . πεφευγότες <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>412</span> ; κακὴ ὀσμή <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>891</span>: pl., βυρσῶν ὀσμὰς δεινάς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>753</span> ; ὀσμαὶ οὐκ ἀνεκτοί <span class="bibl">Th.7.87</span>, etc. ; but also of [[fragrant]] [[odour]]s, ὡς καλὴν ὀσμὴν ἔχει <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>153</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span> 1124</span> ; οἴνου ὀ. <span class="bibl">Alex.222.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Philem.98.4</span> : hence, [[scent]], [[perfume]], <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Hier.</span>1.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Ach.Tat.2.38</span> ; on [[ὀ]]. as affecting the sense, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Sens.</span> 440b28</span> sq., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">de An.</span>421a7</span> sq., <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>6.1.1</span> sq. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> the [[sense of smell]], = [[ὄσφρησις]], <span class="bibl">Democr.11</span>, Hsch.—The older form [[ὀδμή]] (cf. <b class="b3">ὄδωδα, ὄζ-ω</b>, [[odor]]) is alone used by Hom., Hdt., and Pi. ; it occurs also in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>115</span> (lyr.), Democr. l. c., and in later Prose, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>6.14.1</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Phylarch.63</span> J., <span class="bibl">Diocl.Fr.129</span>, <span class="bibl">Anon.Lond.34.38</span>, etc. ; but [[ὀσμή]] is Att. acc. to Phryn.71 ; also Ion., Hippon.in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>9.1089.11</span>.</span>