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ὀσμή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀσμή ὀσμῆς

Structure: ὀσμ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: o)smh/ attic form of the older o)dmh

Sense

  1. smell, scent, odour
  2. stench, stink
  3. the sense of smell

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • εὐοσμότατα δὲ τὰ ἐν Κυρήνῃ, διὸ καὶ τὸ μύρον ἥδιστον, καὶ τῶν ἰών δὲ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀνθέων ἄκρατοι μάλιστα καὶ θεῖαι αἱ ὀσμαί· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 29 2:1)
  • "αἱ δ’ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐλευθερίων μόχθων ὀσμαὶ ἐπιτηδευμάτων τε πρῶτον χρηστῶν καὶ χρόνου πολλοῦ δέονται, εἰ μέλλουσιν ἡδεῖαί τε καὶ ἐλευθέριαι ἔσεσθαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 34 1:11)
  • "νῦν δὲ τῶν ἀνθρώπων οὐχ αἱ ὀσμαὶ μόνον, ὥσ φησιν Κλέαρχοσ ἐν γ’ περὶ Βίων, ἀλλὰ καὶ αἱ χροιαὶ τρυφερὸν ἔχουσαί τι συνεκθηλύνουσι τοὺσ μεταχειριζομένουσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 34 3:2)
  • ὑλημάτων ὀσμαί, ὑπὲρ τὴν ἄνθησιν ὑπερχεόμεναι καὶ κεραννύμεναι, περιποτῶσι καὶ διαπλανῶσι τὰσ κύνασ τῆσ τῶν θηρίων ὀσμῆσ ἐπιλαβέσθαι; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Naturales, chapter 23 2:1)
  • ὀσμαὶ εὐώδεεσ, ἀβαρέεσ ἐσ κεφαλῆσ αἴσθησιν. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 142)

Synonyms

  1. smell

  2. stench

  3. the sense of smell

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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