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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- be due, be required
Meaning
Dikaiosyne awards τὰ δέοντα, what is due or fitting, through pure judgments (LXIII.4). The phrase substantivizes a participle of the impersonal need-or-ought verb. It does not belong to the identically written verb meaning bind.
Places to read
- Hymn LXIII · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
δέοντα
Occurrence inventory
1 in total. LXIII.4