smell, odour,
ὀσμ-ή,ἡ, Att. form of the olderὀδμή(v. fin.),
A. smell, odour,freq. offoul smells,
δεινὴ δὲ θεείου γίγνεται ὀδμή
Il. 14.415
;πικρὸν ἀποπνείουσαι ἁλὸς . . ὀδμήν,of seals, Od. 4.406 ; ὀδμὰ . . κατὰ χῶρον κίδναται
Pi. Fr. 129.6
; ὀσμὴ βροτείων αἱμάτων
A. Eu. 253
;ὀσμὴν ἀπ' αὐτοῦ(sc.τοῦ νεκροῦ) . . 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 offragrant odours,
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 ; onὀ.as affecting the sense, cf. Arist. Sens. 440b28 sq., de An. 421a7 sq., Thphr. CP 6.1.1 sq.
II. the sense of smell,
= ὄσφρησις , Democr. 11 , Hsch. —The older formὀδμή(cf.ὄδωδα, ὄζ-ω, od-or) is alone used by Hom. , Hdt. , and Pi. ; it occurs also in A. Pr. 115 (lyr.), Democr. l. c., and in later Prose, Thphr. CP 6.14.1 , al., Phylarch. 63
J. , Diocl.Fr. 129 , Anon.Lond. 34.38 , etc. ; butὀσμήis Att. acc. to Phryn. 71 ; also Ion. , Hippon.in PSI 9.1089.11 .
