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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- To give birth; to be brought to birth
Meaning
The passive forms describe gods and mortals born from the Mother at XXVII.7 and Adonis born in Persephone’s bed at LVI.9. At LXXI.2 the middle ἐλοχεύσατο instead describes Persephone giving birth to Meilinoe. The change of grammatical subject matters: the one brought to birth and the one bearing are not interchangeable.
Places to read
- Hymn XXVII · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ἐλοχεύθη; ἐλοχεύσατο; λοχευθείς
Occurrence inventory
3 in total. XXVII.7; LVI.9; LXXI.2