Explained vocabulary

Water-pierced or watery — ὑγρόπορος

ὑγρόπορος

hugroporos

The Nymphs inhabit Earth's watery recesses at LI.2.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
water-pierced or watery

Meaning

The Nymphs inhabit Earth's watery recesses at LI.2. The adjective characterizes the places through which water passes or in which it is present. Preserve the printed ὑγροπόροις as the source form; the headword is a lookup form, not an emendation of that accent.

Places to read

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

Attested forms

ὑγροπόροις

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LI.2

Lexical references

LSJ ὑγρόπορος (n106260)