Explained vocabulary

People — λαός

λαός

laos

The speaker prays to Apollo λαῶν ὕπερ at XXXIV.10, on behalf of people or peoples.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
People; peoples

Meaning

The speaker prays to Apollo λαῶν ὕπερ at XXXIV.10, on behalf of people or peoples. The genitive depends on the expression “on behalf of,” identifying beneficiaries beyond the singular speaker; it does not specify a named civic population.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XXXIV · Line 10Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

λαῶν

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XXXIV.10

Lexical references

LSJ n61925 (n61925)