ὀσμ-ή, ἡ,
Attic dialect form of the older ὀδμή (see. near the end), smell, odour, frequently of foul smells, δεινὴ δὲ θεείου γίγνεται ὀδμή [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.415 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πικρὸν ἀποπνείουσαι ἁλὸς.. ὀδμήν, of seals, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.406; ὀδμὰ.. κατὰ χῶρον κίδναται 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 129.6; ὀσμὴ βροτείων αἱμάτων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 253 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀσμὴν ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ (i.e. τοῦ νεκροῦ).. πεφευγότες [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 412; κακὴ ὀσμή [prev. author] “Ph.” 891: _plural_, βυρσῶν ὀσμὰς δεινάς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 753; ὀσμαὶ οὐκ ἀνεκτοί 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.87, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also of fragrant odours, ὡς καλὴν ὀσμὴν ἔχει [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 153, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1124; οἴνου ὀ. 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 222.4, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 98.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, scent, perfume, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.4, 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 2.38 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; on ὀ. as affecting the sense,[[compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Sensu” 440b28f, “de An.” 421a7f, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.1.1f ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II the sense of smell, ={ὄσφρησις}, [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 11, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 3rd c.AD+] —The older form ὀδμή (compare ὄδωδα, ὄζ-ω, od-or) is alone used by [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, and 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; it occurs also in [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 115 (Lyric poetry), 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus ] Refs 4th c.BC+] [same place], and in later Prose, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.14.1, +others, 3rd c.BC: Phylarchus Historicus 63 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, Diocl.fragment 129, 1st c.AD: Anonymus Londinensis 34.38, etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; but ὀσμή is Attic dialect accusative to [[ 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 71 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also Ionic dialect, [[Hippon.in “PSI” 9.1089.11. ] Refs]