Explained vocabulary

Quaking, violent shaking — βρασμός

βρασμός

brasmos

In XLVII.3 the invoked figure stops and drives away the earth’s powerful quakings.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
quaking, violent shaking

Meaning

In XLVII.3 the invoked figure stops and drives away the earth’s powerful quakings. The noun makes the threat a physical disturbance of the ground, which is countered by the divine action.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XLVII · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

βρασμοὺς

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XLVII.3

Lexical references

LSJ βρασμός (n20818)