Explained vocabulary

Damp — νοτερός

νοτερός

noteros

νοτεραῖς qualifies the moisture with which Boreas fans rain-born water at LXXX.4.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Damp; moist

Meaning

νοτεραῖς qualifies the moisture with which Boreas fans rain-born water at LXXX.4. The adjective reinforces the wet atmospheric conditions upon which the wind acts; it does not name the south wind despite its resemblance to νότος.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXX · Line 4Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

νοτεραῖς

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXX.4

Lexical references

LSJ n71087 (n71087)