ὄσφρησις
osphresis
the sense of smell
Appears 46 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὄσφρησις, εως, ἡ, A. the sense of smell, Phd. 111b (as v.l.), Tht. 156b, de An. 421b23; τὸ τῆς ὀ. αἰσθητήριον PA 658b28; ῥινῶν ὀσφρήσιες C. 4.66. 2. the organ of smell, de An. 425a5, Pr. 907b28, 1 Ep.Cor. 12.17, PRyl. 63.5 (iii A. D.); αἱ ὀ. 1.12.2.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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