Ὄζω
I smell
Translated by Marcelo Boeri6 Jan 2007Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Aristophanes in Plutus [writes]: "and he claimed a sweetness smelled from my skin". Meaning he said that there was a sweet smell coming from my body.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὄζω. Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ· ὄζειν τε τῆς χρόας ἔφασκεν ἡδύ μου. ἀντὶ τοῦ ὀσμὴν ἡδεῖαν ἔλεγεν εἶναι ἀπὸ τοῦ σώματός μου.
Betacode
*)/ozw. *)aristofa/nhs *plou/tw|: o)/zein te th=s xro/as e)/fasken h(du/ mou. a)nti\ tou= o)smh\n h(dei=an e)/legen ei)=nai a)po\ tou= sw/mato/s mou.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 1020 (web address 1), with scholion.
See also omicron 72, omicron 74.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- ο43Ὀδμήsmell, odor, scent[Meaning] effluvia, smell.
- ο72Ὄζουσινthey smell[Meaning] they are full of fragrance. "These [sc. treaties] smell of ambrosia and nectar." In reference to those worthy of acceptance. He is saying [this] about the festival of the Dionysia.
- ω30Ὠδώδειused to reek, used to smell[Meaning he/she/it] used to have the air.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 25 Dec 2020
- tweaked translation, added a link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Marcelo Boeri