Explained vocabulary

Harbour — ὅρμος

ὅρμος

hormos

The breezes are longed for by ὅρμοι at LXXXI.3.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Harbour; anchorage

Meaning

The breezes are longed for by ὅρμοι at LXXXI.3. Harbours stand for the places and sea-going activity that benefit from favourable winds. The setting excludes the homonymous sense “necklace.”

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXXI · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

ὅρμοις

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXXI.3

Consequential readings

AV122_06

Lexical references

LSJ ὅρμος (n75182)