Aristotle Greek Lexicon ὄζω

ὄζω

ozo

smell

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὄζω, Dor. ὄσδω Theoc. 1.149 (cf. also III infr.): impf. ὦζε Crates Com. 2 (cj. Pors. for ὦ Ζεῦ): fut. ὀζήσω Ar. V. 1059; Ion. ὀζέσω Hp. Superf. 25, Gp. 12.29.5, Eust. 1523.39, An.Ox. 2.396 : aor. ὤζησα Ar. Fr. 635 ; Ion. ὤζεσα Hp. Superf. 25, LXX Ex. 8.14(10): pf. ὤζηκα Phot. ; but pf. with pres. sense ὄδωδα Phylarch. 10 J., AP 7.30 (Antip. Sid.), Plu. 2.916d, Aret. SA 1.9 : plpf. as impf. ὠδώδειν Plu. Alex. 20 ; Ep. ὀδώδειν (v. infr.):—A. smell, whether smell sweet or stink, Hom. only in 3sg. plpf. with sense of impf., ὀδμὴ κέδρου . . ἀνὰ νῆσον ὀδώδει Od. 5.60 ; ὀδμὴ δʼ ἡδεῖα ἀπὸ κρητῆρος ὀδώδει, of wine, 9.210 : later c. gen.rei, freq. with neut. Adj. or Adv. added, smell of a thing, τόδʼ ὄζει θυμάτων A. Ag. 1310 ; ὄζων τρυγός Ar. Nu. 50 ; βύρσης κάκιστον ὄζων Id. Eq. 892, cf. V. 38 ; also ὠδώδει ὑπὸ μύρων ὁ οἶκος Plu. Alex. 20 : metaph., smell or savour of a thing, Κρονίων ὄζων smelling of musty antiquity, Ar. Nu. 398, cf. 1007, Ach. 192, Lys. 616 ; καλοκἀγαθίας X. Smp. 2.4; that from which the smell comes is also in gen., ὄζων κακὸν τῶν μασχαλῶν Ar. Ach. 852 ; τοῦ στόματος Pherecr. 67 : so c. dupl. gen., τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζω μύρου Ar. Ec. 524 ; v. infr. II. II. freq. impers., ὄζει ἀπʼ αὐτῆς ὡσεὶ ἴων there is a smell from it as of violets, Hdt. 3.23 ; ὄζει ἡδὺ τῆς χρόας there is a sweet smell from the skin, Ar. Pl. 1020 ; τῆς γῆς ὡς γλυκὺ ὄζει Cratin.Jun. 1 ; ὄζειν ἐδόκει τοῦ ἄρτου καὶ τῆς μάζης κάκιστον there seemed to be a most foul smell from . . , Lys. 6.1 ; οὐκ ὄζει αὐτῶν (sc. τῶν λαγῶν) no scent of the hares remains, X. Cyn. 5.1, cf.7 : c. dupl. gen., ἱματίων ὀζήσει δεξιότητος there will be an odour of cleverness from your clothes, Ar. V. 1059, cf. Pax 529 ; ἀπὸ στόματος . . ὄζει ἴων, ὄζει δὲ ῥόδων, ὄζει δʼ ὑακίνθου Hermipp. 82.8 ; ὄζει ἐκ τοῦ στόματος μελικήρας Pherecr. 25. III. Med., κακὸν ὀζόμενος, for ὄζων, Hp. Loc.Hom. 12 ; οἶνος . . ἄνθεος ὀσδόμενος Xenoph. 1.6 ; δριμὺ ὀσδομένου τοῦ σώματος PSI 4.297.3 (ca. v A. D.). (Cf. Lat. odor, Lith. uodžiu ‘I smell’.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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