Aristotle Greek Lexicon ὀσμάομαι

ὀσμάομαι

osmaomai

smell at

Appears 21 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀσμάομαι, older form ὀδμ- (v. ὀσμή), A. smell at a thing, τινος Arist. HA 541a25, etc.; τι Gal. 17(2).151: abs., smell, have the sense of smell, Democr. 11 (in form ὀδμ-), Heraclit. 98, Arist. de An. 421a11, 424b16, AP 11.240 (Lucill.); τὰ ὀσμώμενα the organs of smell, Gal. UP 8.4:— Pass., ὀδμᾶσθαι Anon. Lond.33.19. II. metaph., perceive, remark, Λάκωνος ὀσμᾶσθαι λόγου S. Fr. 176 (s. v. l.).

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