Explained vocabulary

Utterly hateful — πανεχθής

πανεχθής

panekhthēs

The accusative plural describes the purposes that Nemesis is asked to stop, with the noun γνώμας arriving in the following line (LXI.11–12).

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
utterly hateful

Meaning

The accusative plural describes the purposes that Nemesis is asked to stop, with the noun γνώμας arriving in the following line (LXI.11–12). It condemns those purposes as deeply hateful; it is not itself another name for Nemesis or for the people she judges.

Places to read

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

Attested forms

πανεχθεῖς

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXI.11

Lexical references

LSJ πανεχθής (n77404)