Explained vocabulary

To behold — λεύσσω

λεύσσω

leussō

Apollo looks over the whole boundless aither at XXXIV.11.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
To behold; to gaze upon

Meaning

Apollo looks over the whole boundless aither at XXXIV.11. λεύσσεις supplies seeing as an active divine capacity, with the complete extent expressed by “all this boundless aither,” rather than by the verb alone.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XXXIV · Line 11Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

λεύσσεις

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XXXIV.11

Lexical references

LSJ n62785 (n62785)