ὀδμή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὀσμή (osmḗ) — Attic, Koine

Etymology

From ὄζω (ózō, “I smell”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /od.mɛ̌ː/ → /oðˈmi/ → /oðˈmi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /od.mɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /odˈme̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oðˈmi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oðˈmi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oðˈmi/

Noun

ὀδμή • (odmḗ) f (genitive ὀδμῆς); first declension

1. smell, scent, odour
2. stench, stink
3. the sense of smell

Inflection

First declension of ὀδμή; ὀδμῆς (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὀδμή odmḗ	ὀδμᾱ́ odmā́	ὀδμαί odmaí
Genitive	ὀδμῆς odmês	ὀδμαῖν / ὀδμαῖῐν / ὀδμῇῐν odmaî(i)n / odmêiin	ὀδμᾱ́ων / ὀδμέ͜ων / ὀδμῶν odmā́ōn / odmé͜ōn / odmôn
Dative	ὀδμῇ odmêi	ὀδμαῖν / ὀδμαῖῐν / ὀδμῇῐν odmaî(i)n / odmêiin	ὀδμῇσῐ / ὀδμῇσῐν / ὀδμῇς / ὀδμαῖς odmêisi(n) / odmêis / odmaîs
Accusative	ὀδμήν odmḗn	ὀδμᾱ́ odmā́	ὀδμᾱ́ς odmā́s
Vocative	ὀδμή odmḗ	ὀδμᾱ́ odmā́	ὀδμαί odmaí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “ὀδμή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὀδμή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὀδμή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὀδμή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963