Explained vocabulary

Lawful — νόμιμος

νόμιμος

nomimos

The lawful receive Nomos’s favourable treatment at LXIV.11, in explicit contrast to the lawless who receive heavy misery.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Lawful; law-abiding

Meaning

The lawful receive Nomos’s favourable treatment at LXIV.11, in explicit contrast to the lawless who receive heavy misery. The adjective is substantival, naming people by their relation to law, not a particular statute.

Places to read

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

Attested forms

νομίμοις

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXIV.11

Lexical references

LSJ n70962 (n70962)