Explained vocabulary

Soft-haired — ἁβροκόμης

ἁβροκόμης

habrokomēs

Adonis is soft-haired at LVI.2, where the address moves directly to his flourishing in the longed-for seasons.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
soft-haired; luxuriantly haired

Meaning

Adonis is soft-haired at LVI.2, where the address moves directly to his flourishing in the longed-for seasons. The image remains hair, however suggestive the neighbouring vegetation language may be: it is not simply another word for foliage.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LVI · Line 2Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἁβροκόμη

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LVI.2

Lexical references

LSJ ἁβροκόμης (n173)