ὀσμή
osme
smell, odour
Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὀσμή, ἡ, Att. form of the older ὀδμή (v. fin.),
‹ All lexicon entries smell, odour, freq. of foul smells, δεινὴ δὲ θεείου γίγνεται ὀδμή Il. 14.415 ; πικρὸν ἀποπνείουσαι ἁλὸς . . ὀδμήν, of seals, Od. 4.406; ὀδμὰ . . κατὰ χῶρον κίδναται Fr. 129.6 ; ὀσμὴ βροτείων αἱμάτων Eu. 253 ; ὀσμὴν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ (sc. τοῦ νεκροῦ) . . πεφευγότες Ant. 412 ; κακὴ ὀσμή Ph. 891: pl., βυρσῶν ὀσμὰς δεινάς Pax 753 ; ὀσμαὶ οὐκ ἀνεκτοί 7.87, etc. ; but also of fragrant odours, ὡς καλὴν ὀσμὴν ἔχει Cyc. 153, cf. Ec. 1124 ; οἴνου ὀ. 222.4, 98.4 : hence, scent, perfume, Hier. 1.4, 2.38 ; on ὀ. as affecting the sense, cf. Sens. 440b28 sq., de An. 421a7 sq., CP 6.1.1 sq.
II. the sense of smell, = ὄσφρησις, 11, —The older form ὀδμή (cf. ὄδωδα, ὄζ-ω, od-or) is alone used by , , and ; it occurs also in Pr. 115 (lyr.), l.c., and in later Prose, CP 6.14.1, al., 63 , Fr. 129, 34.38, etc. ; but ὀσμή is Att. acc. to 71 ; also Ion., Hippon. in PSI 9.1089.11.