Explained vocabulary

Worthless — οὐτιδανός

οὐτιδανός

outidanos

Nomos drives out worthless envy at LXIV.6.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Worthless; contemptible

Meaning

Nomos drives out worthless envy at LXIV.6. The adjective morally devalues the envy being expelled; it does not say that envy is powerless or harmless. The apparatus attributes οὐτιδανόν to Wiel against οὐ δίκαιον, “not just,” preserving a real difference in the chosen qualification.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXIV · Line 6Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

οὐτιδανὸν

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXIV.6

Consequential readings

AV098_03

Lexical references

LSJ οὐτιδανός (n76055)