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