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Fruit-bearing or fruit-bringing — φερέκαρπος

φερέκαρπος

pherekarpos

The Moon and Earth bear fruit (IX.5; XXVI.3), the Kouretes are asked to breathe fruit-bearing conditions (XXXVIII.25), and Dionysos is called to come bringing fruit for initiates (L.10).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
fruit-bearing or fruit-bringing

Meaning

The Moon and Earth bear fruit (IX.5; XXVI.3), the Kouretes are asked to breathe fruit-bearing conditions (XXXVIII.25), and Dionysos is called to come bringing fruit for initiates (L.10). The compound can characterize both a sustaining power and the benefit of its arrival. Each local construction determines what bears or brings the fruit.

Places to read

  1. Hymn IX · Line 5Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

φερέκαρπε; φερέκαρποι; φερέκαρπον

Occurrence inventory

4 in total. IX.5; XXVI.3; XXXVIII.25; L.10

Lexical references

LSJ φερέκαρπος (n110550)