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κάκοσμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κάκοσμος κάκοσμον

Structure: κακοσμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)smh/

Sense

  1. ill-smelling

Examples

  • Ἡ ὑστέρη τῇσι γυναιξὶ ὑμένων ἀποτάσιασ ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα κατὰ λαγόνασ ἴσχει, ἀτὰρ ἠδὲ ζῳού πάθη ἐν ὀσφρήσι · ἰέται γὰρ ἐπὶ τοῖσι εὐώδεσι πρὸσ ἡδονὴν, καὶ τὰ κάκοσμα καὶ ἀτερπέα ὑπὸ ἀχθηδόνοσ φεύγει. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 302)

Synonyms

  1. ill-smelling

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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