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 HA 541a25, etc.; τι 17(2).151: abs., smell, have the sense of smell, 11 (in form ὀδμ-), 98, de An. 421a11, 424b16, AP 11.240 (); τὰ ὀσμώμενα the organs of smell, UP 8.4:— Pass., ὀδμᾶσθαι Lond.33.19. II. metaph., perceive, remark, Λάκωνος ὀσμᾶσθαι λόγου Fr. 176 (s. v. l.).
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