Ὀσμή
fragrance, odor, smell
Translated by Marcelo Boeri4 Jan 2005Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὀσμή· ἡ εὐωδία. ὀσμὴ ἀνωνόμαστος ἐς βάθος κύκλου χωρεῖ, καλὸν θέαμα· θυμιαμάτων δ' αὖραι διαπνέουσι πλεκτάνην καπνοῦ. ζήτει ἐν τῷ ἀόρατον. λύσις ὀνείρου· δυσωδίαν νόμιζε τὴν ἀηδίαν.
Betacode
*)osmh/: h( eu)wdi/a. o)smh\ a)nwno/mastos e)s ba/qos ku/klou xwrei=, kalo\n qe/ama: qumiama/twn d' au)=rai diapne/ousi plekta/nhn kapnou=. zh/tei e)n tw=| a)o/raton. lu/sis o)nei/rou: duswdi/an no/mize th\n a)hdi/an.
Notes (3)
- 1Aristophanes, Birds 1715-1717 (but here with
diapne/ousi "blow through" for what should bediayai/rousi "brush through"'). ↩ - 2alpha 2845: smells and voices are invisible. ↩
- 3From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychus (alpha 4251); for this particular one cf. delta 1672, pi 1834. ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 14 Feb 2021
- expanded note 2 — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- another headword; adjustments to translation; augmented notes and keywords; corrected x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Marcelo Boeri