Explained vocabulary

Fall — πίπτω

πίπτω

piptō

High-crowned trees fall uprooted to the earth in the Kouretes’ storm-scene (XXXVIII.18).

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
fall

Meaning

High-crowned trees fall uprooted to the earth in the Kouretes’ storm-scene (XXXVIII.18). The singular πίπτει has a neuter plural subject, δένδρεα, a regular Greek agreement pattern. The verb describes the trees’ collapse rather than making the Kouretes themselves fall.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XXXVIII · Line 18Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

πίπτει

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XXXVIII.18

Lexical references

LSJ πίπτω (n83253)