Explained vocabulary

Goods — κτέανον

κτέανον

kteanon

Fortune makes an abundant supply of κτέανα for some people at LXXII.7.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Goods; possessions

Meaning

Fortune makes an abundant supply of κτέανα for some people at LXXII.7. The material goods are distinguished from the favourable condition expressed by πολύολβον: the noun identifies what is supplied, while the adjective evaluates its abundance.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXII · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

κτεάνων

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXII.7

Lexical references

LSJ n60312 (n60312)