Explained vocabulary

Eat — ἔδω

ἔδω

edō

Mortals eat the fruit of cultivated land in Dikaiosyne’s hymn (LXIII.14).

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
eat

Meaning

Mortals eat the fruit of cultivated land in Dikaiosyne’s hymn (LXIII.14). The verb brings the universal human audience into view through its ordinary dependence on agricultural food.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXIII · Line 14Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἔδουσι

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXIII.14

Lexical references

LSJ ἔδω (n30728)