Explained vocabulary

Wintry — χειμέριος

χειμέριος

kheimerios

Boreas disturbs the air with wintry breezes at LXXX.1.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
wintry

Meaning

Boreas disturbs the air with wintry breezes at LXXX.1. The adjective gives those winds a seasonal and harsh atmospheric character. It is distinct from χειμών itself, which elsewhere can mean either winter or a storm.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXX · Line 1Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

Χειμερίοις

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXX.1

Lexical references

LSJ χειμέριος (n113546)