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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὄζω (ózō, “I smell”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /od.mɛ̌ː/ → /oðˈmi/ → /oðˈmi/
Noun
ὀδμή • (odmḗ) f (genitive ὀδμῆς); first declension
- smell, scent, odour
- stench, stink
- the sense of smell
Inflection
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