Explained vocabulary

Do, produce — ἔρδω

ἔρδω

erdō

Sleep produces sacred consolation for every grief (LXXXV.6).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
do, produce

Meaning

Sleep produces sacred consolation for every grief (LXXXV.6). Although the verb can elsewhere describe sacrificial action, its object here is consolation, not an explicitly sacrificed offering.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXXV · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἔρδων

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXXV.6

Consequential readings

AV125_01

Lexical references

LSJ ἔρδω (n42230)