Explained vocabulary

Supplicatory — ἱκετηρίς

ἱκετηρίς

hiketēris

The adjective qualifies the speaker’s voice when Night, Kronos, or Apollo is asked to hear.

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
supplicatory

Meaning

The adjective qualifies the speaker’s voice when Night, Kronos, or Apollo is asked to hear. It describes how the voice approaches its recipient, through appeal for aid, rather than the volume or melody of the sound. The related noun ἱκέτης names the person who stands in that supplicating relation.

Places to read

  1. Hymn III · Line 13Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ἱκετηρίδα; ἱκετηρίδι

Occurrence inventory

3 in total. III.13; XIII.9; XXXIV.27