Dictionary entry

G03605

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

ὄζω

Etym. ὄδωδα pf. with pres. sense and and plqpf. as impf

I. "to smell", whether "to smell sweet or to stink", used by Hom. only in 3rd sg. plup.:—c. gen. rei, "to smell of" a thing, ὄζων τρυγός "smelling" of wine-lees, Ar.; metaph. "to smell or savour" of a thing, Lat. sapere aliquid, Κρονίων ὄζων "smelling of" musty antiquity, id=Ar.

II. impers., ὄζει ἀπ᾽ αὐτῆς ὡσεὶ ἴων "there is a smell" from it as of violets, Hdt.; ὄζει ἡδὺ τῆς χρόας "there is a" sweet "smell from" the skin, Ar.;—so c. dupl. gen., ἱματίων ὀζήσει δεξιότητος "there will be an odour of" cleverness "from" your clothes, id=Hdt.