From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- fruitful, productive
Meaning
The adjective qualifies a birth-pang in both Leto’s hymn (XXXV.3) and the celebration of Bakchos’s birth through Semele (XLIV.8). It makes the labour productive of a child, rather than describing pain without an outcome.
Places to read
- Hymn XXXV · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
γονίμην
Occurrence inventory
2 in total. XXXV.3; XLIV.8