1. ὀσφραίνομαι · osphrainomai — Beekes
to catch scent of, smell
The corpus record
ὀσφρ-αίνομαι
osphrainomai
to catch scent of, smell
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Distribution
- De Sensu et Sensibilibus 5 · 6.4/10k
- On Hunting 5 · 5.49/10k
- Frogs 2 · 2.2/10k
- Thesmophoriazusae 1 · 1.42/10k
- Acharnians 1 · 1.41/10k
- Lysistrata 1 · 1.26/10k
- Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
- Plutus 1 · 1.24/10k
- Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
- Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k
- Theaetetus 2 · 0.89/10k
- Job 1 · 0.75/10k
Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. ὀσφραίνομαι · osphrainomai — Chantraine
Ὄστρακον comme ὄστρεον est apparenté au nom de l
3. ὀσφραίνομαι · osphrainomai — Chantraine
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4. ὀσφραίνομαι · osphrainomai — Chantraine
Le grec moderne a gardé ὀσφραίνομαι, ὄσφρησις
5. ὀσφραίνομαι · osphrainomai — Frisk
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6. ὀσφρ-αίνομαι · osphr-ainomai — LSJ
catch scent of, smell
Attestations
- ὀσφραίνεσθαι · osphrainesthai Plato, Phaedo 96 (DIORISIS sentence 843)
- ὀσφραινόμενα · osphrainomena Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 121)
- ὀσφραίνεσθαι · osphrainesthai Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 152)
- ὀσφραίνεται · osphrainetai Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 181)
- ὀσφραίνεσθαι · osphrainesthai Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 182)
- ὀσφραίνεσθαι · osphrainesthai Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 182)
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