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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- come, arrive
Meaning
The aorist forms built on μολ- ask for divine arrival: the singular μόλε addresses a god directly, while μόλοις expresses a wish and μολεῖν depends on a verb of calling or entreating. The coming is usually qualified by the help sought, as with health in LXVII.3 and assistance to celebrants in LXVIII.12. Plural μόλετ’ summons the Moirai together (LIX.16). These forms belong under βλώσκω, not an invented present μολέω.
Places to read
- Hymn XVIII · Line 19Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
μόλ’; μόλε; μολεῖν; μόλετ’; μόλοις; μόλοιτε
Occurrence inventory
11 in total. XVIII.19; XXV.10; XXVII.2; L.10; LIX.16; LXII.10; LXVII.3; LXVIII.12; LXXII.9; LXXIV.8; LXXVI.11