older form ὀδμάομαι (v. ὀσμή), smell at a thing, τινος Arist. HA 541a25, etc. ; τι Gal. 17 (2).151; abs., smell, have the sense of smell, Democr. 11 (in form ὀδμ-), Heraclit. 98, Arist. de An. 421a11, 424b16, AP 11.240 (Lucill.); τὰ ὀσμώμενα the organs of smell, Gal. UP 8.4; — Pass., ὀδμᾶσθαι Anon. Lond. 33.19. metaph, perceive, remark, Λάκωνος ὀσμᾶσθαι λόγου S. Fr. 176 (s.v.l.).

riechen, wittern, spüren ; Arist. top. 1.12 ; Plut. u. a.Sp.; – übertr., Λάκωνος ὀσμᾶσθαι λόγου, Soph. frg. 186.