Explained vocabulary

Human being — φώς

φώς

phōs

The appended Ares leads the most just men at LXXXVIII.5: φωτῶν is the genitive plural of the human noun φώς.

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
human being

Meaning

The appended Ares leads the most just men at LXXXVIII.5: φωτῶν is the genitive plural of the human noun φώς. It must not be confused with φῶς, the contracted form of the light noun φάος. The accent and the surrounding justice phrase both matter for correct lookup.

Places to read

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

Attested forms

φωτῶν

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXXVIII.5

Lexical references

LSJ φώς1 (n112862)