Explained vocabulary

Clear — αἴθριος

αἴθριος

aithrios

Boreas is asked to make everything clear at LXXX.5, after dispersing cloud and moisture.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
clear; bright; cloudless

Meaning

Boreas is asked to make everything clear at LXXX.5, after dispersing cloud and moisture. The neuter plural αἴθρια describes the resulting condition produced by τιθείς, “making.” It belongs to the petition for bright weather, rather than supplying another personal name for the wind.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXX · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

αἴθρια

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXX.5

Lexical references

LSJ αἴθριος (n2348)