Explained vocabulary

Thought — νόημα

νόημα

noēma

The Erinyes are swift as νόημα at LXIX.9.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Thought

Meaning

The Erinyes are swift as νόημα at LXIX.9. Thought serves as the comparison for nearly instantaneous motion, rather than as the content of an argument or a separate substance the goddesses carry.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXIX · Line 9Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

νόημα

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXIX.9

Lexical references

LSJ n70911 (n70911)