Explained vocabulary

Chilling — κρυερός

κρυερός

kryeros

Battle-strife is chilling at LXXXVIII.15.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
chilling; dreadful

Meaning

Battle-strife is chilling at LXXXVIII.15. The adjective evokes dread rather than ordinary cold weather, fitting the speaker’s wish not to be driven into conflict. It belongs to the threatening situation from which courage and self-restraint are requested as protection.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXXVIII · Line 15Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

κρυερῆς

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXXVIII.15

Lexical references

LSJ n60219 (n60219)