Explained vocabulary

Caretaker — κομίστρια

κομίστρια

komistria

Nature is a caretaker or provider at X.16 beside all-wise, all-giving, and all-queen titles.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
caretaker; provider

Meaning

Nature is a caretaker or provider at X.16 beside all-wise, all-giving, and all-queen titles. The feminine agent noun makes her sustaining care active. Unlike a simple verb of carrying, it can encompass tending and provision rather than movement of one named object.

Places to read

  1. Hymn X · Line 16Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

κομίστρια

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. X.16