A.“ὦζε” Crates Com.2 (cj. Pors. for ὦ Ζεῦ): fut. “ὀζήσω” Ar.V.1059; Ion. “ὀζέσω” Hp. Superf.25, Gp.12.29.5, Eust.1523.39, An.Ox.2.396 : aor. “ὤζησα” Ar.Fr. 635 ; Ion. “ὤζεσα” Hp.Superf.25, LXX Ex.8.14(10): pf. “ὤζηκα” Phot. ; but pf. with pres. sense “ὄδωδα” Phylarch.10 J., AP7.30 (Antip. Sid.), Plu.2.916d, Aret.SA1.9 : plpf. as impf. “ὠδώδειν” Plu.Alex.20 ; Ep. ὀδώδειν (v. infr.):—smell, whether smell sweet or stink, Hom. only in 3sg. plpf. with sense of impf., “ὀδμὴ κέδρου . . ἀνὰ νῆσον ὀδώδει” Od.5.60 ; ὀδμὴ δ᾽ ἡδεῖα ἀπὸ κρητῆρος ὀδώδει, of wine, 9.210 : later c. gen.rei, freq. with neut. Adj. or Adv. added, smell of a thing, “τόδ᾽ ὄζει θυμάτων” A.Ag. 1310 ; “ὄζων τρυγός” Ar.Nu.50 ; “βύρσης κάκιστον ὄζων” Id.Eq.892, cf. V. 38 ; also “ὠδώδει ὑπὸ μύρων ὁ οἶκος” Plu.Alex.20 : metaph., smell or savour of a thing, Κρονίων ὄζων smelling of musty antiquity, Ar.Nu. 398, cf. 1007, Ach.192, Lys.616 ; “καλοκἀγαθίας” X.Smp.2.4; that from which the smell comes is also in gen., “ὄζων κακὸν τῶν μασχαλῶν” Ar. Ach.852 ; “τοῦ στόματος” Pherecr.67 : so c. dupl. gen., “τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζω μύρου” Ar.Ec.524 ; v. infr. 11.
II. freq. impers., ὄζει ἀπ᾽ αὐτῆς ὡσεὶ ἴων there is a smell from it as of violets, Hdt.3.23 ; ὄζει ἡδὺ τῆς χρόας there is a sweet smell from the skin, Ar.Pl.1020 ; “τῆς γῆς ὡς γλυκὺ ὄζει” Cratin.Jun.1 ; ὄζειν ἐδόκει τοῦ ἄρτου καὶ τῆς μάζης κάκιστον there seemed to be a most foul smell from . . , Lys.6.1 ; οὐκ ὄζει αὐτῶν (sc. τῶν λαγῶν) no scent of the hares remains, X.Cyn.5.1, cf.7 : c. dupl. gen., ἱματίων ὀζήσει δεξιότητος there will be an odour of cleverness from your clothes, Ar.V.1059, cf. Pax529 ; “ἀπὸ στόματος . . ὄζει ἴων, ὄζει δὲ ῥόδων, ὄζει δ᾽ ὑακίνθου” Hermipp.82.8 ; “ὄζει ἐκ τοῦ στόματος μελικήρας” Pherecr.25.