Explained vocabulary

Step aside — παρεκβαίνω

παρεκβαίνω

parekbainō

Mnemosyne is described as never straying aside while awakening everyone’s understanding (LXXVII.8).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
step aside; deviate

Meaning

Mnemosyne is described as never straying aside while awakening everyone’s understanding (LXXVII.8). The negative οὔτι is essential: the hymn praises dependable recollection through the absence of deviation, not through a power to wander.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXVII · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

παρεκβαίνουσ’

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXVII.8

Lexical references

LSJ παρεκβαίνω (n79261)