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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- hard to restrain
Meaning
Nature is difficult to hold or restrain amid nocturnal, experienced and light-bearing descriptions (X.6). The compound emphasizes the resistance of her power to confinement, rather than an emotion felt by an observer.
Places to read
- Hymn X · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
δεινοκάθεκτε
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. X.6