ὀσφραίνομαι
ὀσφρ-αίνομαι, fut.
A). ὀσφρήσομαι Ar. Pax 152 : aor. 2
ὠσφρόμην Hdt. (v. infr.),
Ar. Ach. 179 ; inf.
ὀσφρέσθαι Eup. 10 ; part.
ὀσφρόμενος Philonid. 3 (the aor. 1 form
ὤσφραντο in
Hdt. 1.80 ,
Aristid. 2.308 J. seems to be an error of the copyists for
ὤσφροντο which is v.l. in
Aristid.):— Pass., aor.
ὠσφράνθην Hp. Superf. 25 ,
Arist. de An. 424b4 ,
Pr. 887a10 ,
LXX Ge. 8.21 : fut.
ὀσφρανθήσομαι ib.
To. 6.18 ,
Ps. 134(135).17 : the forms
ὀσφρᾶται, -ῶνται, etc. only in late writers, as
Ph. 1.617 (dub. l.),
Paus. 9.21.3 ,
Luc. Pisc. 48 ,
Anon.Lond. 33.30 (f.l. in
Antiph. 147.6 ,
Philem. 79.26 ): aor.
ὠσφρήσαντο Arist. ap.
Ael. NA 9.54 (om. Rose),
Arat. 955 ,
Ael. NA 5.49 , etc.,
ὀσφρηθῆναι Anon.Lond. 34.49 ,
ὠσφρήθη Hsch. :—
catch scent of, smell, c. gen.,
Hdt. 1.80 ,
Ar. Ra. 654 ,
X. Mem. 2.1.24 , etc.: abs.,
Pl. Phd. 96b , etc.;
ἡ αἴσθησις ἡ τοῦ ὀσφραίνεσθαι Arist. Sens. 445a5 : c. acc. only in late writers,
ὀ. θρυαλλίδα ἐσβεσμένην Arist. ap.
Ael. NA 9.54 ; for in
E. Cyc. 154 (
εἶδες γὰρ αὐτήν;—οὐ μὰ Δί’, ἀλλ’ ὀσφραίνομαι)
, αὐτῆς must be supplied, cf.
Ar. Ra. 489 ; and in
Id. Pl. 896 ,
ὀσφραίνει τι; τι is adverbial,
at all. II). causal in Act., ὀσφραίνειν τινά τινι make one smell at a thing, Gal. 12.795 ; cf. ἀπ-, προσοσφραίνω.
ShortDef
to catch scent of, smell, scent, track
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ὀσφραίνομαι
Headword (normalized/stripped):
οσφραινομαι
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-75659
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ὀσφρ-αίνομαι</span>, fut. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">ὀσφρήσομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:152" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:152/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pax</span> 152 </a> : aor. 2 <span class="quote greek">ὠσφρόμην</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> </span> (v. infr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:179" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:179/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 179 </a>; inf. <span class="quote greek">ὀσφρέσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0461.tlg001:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0461.tlg001:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eup.</span> 10 </a> ; part. <span class="quote greek">ὀσφρόμενος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0492.tlg001:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0492.tlg001:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philonid.</span> 3 </a> (the aor. 1 form <span class="foreign greek">ὤσφραντο</span> in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:80" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.80/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.80 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aristid.</span> 2.308 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">J.</span> </span> seems to be an error of the copyists for <span class="foreign greek">ὤσφροντο</span> which is v.l. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aristid.</span></span>):— Pass., aor. <span class="quote greek">ὠσφράνθην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg038:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg038:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Superf.</span> 25 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg002:424b:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg002:424b.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">de An.</span> 424b4 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:887a:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:887a.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 887a10 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg001:8:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg001:8.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ge.</span> 8.21 </a>: fut. <span class="foreign greek">ὀσφρανθήσομαι</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg021:6:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg021:6.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">To.</span> 6.18 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg027:134(135).17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg027:134(135).17/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ps.</span> 134(135).17 </a>: the forms <span class="foreign greek">ὀσφρᾶται, -ῶνται</span>, etc. only in late writers, as <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:1:617" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:1.617/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span> 1.617 </a> (dub. l.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:21:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:21:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paus.</span> 9.21.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg025:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg025:48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pisc.</span> 48 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0643.tlg001:33:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0643.tlg001:33.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anon.Lond.</span> 33.30 </a> (f.l. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:147:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:147.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 147.6 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0487.tlg001:79:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0487.tlg001:79.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philem.</span> 79.26 </a>): aor. <span class="quote greek">ὠσφρήσαντο</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:9:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:9.54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">NA</span> 9.54 </a> (om. Rose), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:955" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:955/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arat.</span> 955 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:5:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:5.49/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">NA</span> 5.49 </a>, etc., <span class="quote greek">ὀσφρηθῆναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0643.tlg001:34:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0643.tlg001:34.49/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anon.Lond.</span> 34.49 </a> , <span class="quote greek">ὠσφρήθη</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span> </span> :—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">catch scent of, smell</span>, c. gen., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:80" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.80/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.80 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:654" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:654/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 654 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:1:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:1:24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 2.1.24 </a>, etc.: abs., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:96b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:96b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 96b </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἡ αἴσθησις ἡ τοῦ ὀσφραίνεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg041:445a:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg041:445a.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sens.</span> 445a5 </a> : c. acc. only in late writers, <span class="quote greek">ὀ. θρυαλλίδα ἐσβεσμένην</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:9:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:9.54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">NA</span> 9.54 </a>; for in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:154" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:154/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyc.</span> 154 </a> (<span class="etym greek">εἶδες γὰρ αὐτήν;—οὐ μὰ Δί’, ἀλλ’ ὀσφραίνομαι</span>)<span class="foreign greek">, αὐτῆς</span> must be supplied, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:489" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:489/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 489 </a>; and in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:896" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:896/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 896 </a>, <span class="foreign greek">ὀσφραίνει τι; τι</span> is adverbial, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">at all.</span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">get scent of</span>, <span class="quote greek">τῆς Ἱππίου τυραννίδος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:619" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:619/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 619 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τοῦ χρυσίου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg022:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg022:45/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tim.</span> 45 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> causal in Act., <span class="foreign greek">ὀσφραίνειν τινά τινι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">make</span> one <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">smell</span> at a thing, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 12.795 </span>; cf. <span class="foreign greek">ἀπ-, προσοσφραίνω</span>.</div> </div><br><br>'}