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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

  • ἀλλὰ κάπρουσ τε σύεσ καὶ τράγουσ αἶγεσ καὶ τἄλλα θήλεα τοὺσ συννόμουσ αὐτῶν ταῖσ ἰδίαισ ὀσμαῖσ; (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 7 7:1)
  • "αἱ δὲ πολυθρύλητοι συμμετρίαι καὶ ἁρμονίαι τῶν περὶ τὰ αἰσθητήρια πόρων αἵ τε πολυμιξίαι τῶν σπερμάτων, ἃ δὴ πᾶσι χυμοῖσ καὶ ὀσμαῖσ καὶ χρόαισ ἐνδιεσπαρμένα λέγουσιν ἑτέραν ἑτέρῳ ποιότητοσ κινεῖν αἴσθησιν, οὐκ ἄντικρυσ εἰσ τὸ μὴ μᾶλλον τὰ πράγματα συνελαύνουσιν αὐτοῖσ; (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 51)
  • διαφέρειν τε οὐδὲν ἐμαυτῷ δοκῶ τῶν τὰ μητρῷα καὶ τὰ κορυβαντικὰ καὶ ὅσα τούτοισ παραπλήσιά ἐστι, τελουμένων, εἴτε ὀσμαῖσ ἐκεῖνοί γε εἴτε ἤχοισ εἴτε τῶν δαιμόνων πνεύματι αὐτῶν κινούμενοι τὰσ πολλὰσ καὶ ποικίλασ ἐκεῖνοι λαμβάνουσι φαντασίασ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 22 1:1)
  • τὸ ἀκόλαστον ἐπὶ τὰσ ἡδονάσ, ἢ τὴν γεῦσιν ὀσμαῖσ καὶ καρυκείαισ ἐθίζειν ὥσπερ τὰ ψωριῶντα κνησμῶν ἀεὶ δεῖσθαι καὶ γαργαλισμῶν; (Plutarch, De tuenda sanitate praecepta, chapter, section 7 19:1)
  • ὀσμῇ καὶ τὰ κενέβρεια τὸν γῦπα κινεῖ καὶ προσάγεται πόρρωθεν, οὕτωσ οὖν καὶ σῦσ οἱ καρκίνοι καὶ τὴν χελώνην ἡ ὀρίγανοσ, αἱ δὲ μυρμηκιαὶ τὴν ἄρκτον ὀσμαῖσ καὶ ῥεύμασι προσφερέσι καὶ οἰκείοισ ἕλκουσιν, οὐ λογισμῷ τοῦ συμφέροντοσ ἀγούσησ τῆσ αἰσθήσεωσ· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Naturales, chapter 26 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. smell

  2. stench

  3. the sense of smell

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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