Explained vocabulary

Sibling — κασίγνητος

κασίγνητος

kasignētos

Corybas is said to have been bloodied by two brothers at XXXIX.6.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
sibling; brother

Meaning

Corybas is said to have been bloodied by two brothers at XXXIX.6. The plural and numeral are explicit, but the line does not name them. A lexicon should preserve the stated relationship and violence without filling the gap with an unverified narrative from another tradition.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XXXIX · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

κασιγνήτων

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XXXIX.6