Explained vocabulary

Hard to discern, hard to judge — δύσκριτος

δύσκριτος

dyskritos

The word describes difficult matters borne into human life through bad purposes in the Dike hymn (LXII.6–7).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
hard to discern, hard to judge

Meaning

The word describes difficult matters borne into human life through bad purposes in the Dike hymn (LXII.6–7). It is followed by people seeking the larger share through unjust counsels, so uncertainty belongs to a situation of concealed or contested wrongdoing.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXII · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

δύσκριτα

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXII.7

Lexical references

LSJ δύσκριτος (n29184)