Explained vocabulary

Lake — λίμνη

λίμνη

limnē

The Moirai are located by a lake at LIX.2, with darkness and troubling water specified in the following description.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Lake

Meaning

The Moirai are located by a lake at LIX.2, with darkness and troubling water specified in the following description. λίμνη supplies the water-body; the surrounding imagery, not the noun itself, makes the setting ominous.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LIX · Line 2Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

λίμνης

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LIX.2

Lexical references

LSJ n63314 (n63314)