Explained vocabulary

Life — βιότης

βιότης

biotēs

In appended Ares, gentle radiance shines from above upon our life at LXXXVIII.10.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
life; living existence

Meaning

In appended Ares, gentle radiance shines from above upon our life at LXXXVIII.10. The accusative βιότητα belongs to βιότης, with a -τητ- stem, and should not be merged morphologically with βιοτή. Its sole supplied occurrence belongs to the appendix rather than the core hymns.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXXVIII · Line 10Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

βιότητα

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXXVIII.10

Lexical references

LSJ βιότης (n19983)