Explained vocabulary

To search — μαστεύω

μαστεύω

masteuō

Antaia searches in wandering grief at XLI.3.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
To search

Meaning

Antaia searches in wandering grief at XLI.3. The feminine participle marks her continuing quest, while the following context names Persephone; the word describes the searching action rather than the grief that motivates it.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XLI · Line 3Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

μαστεύουσα

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XLI.3

Lexical references

LSJ n65139 (n65139)