Explained vocabulary

Rich in flowers — πολυανθής

πολυανθής

polyanthēs

The Nymphs are πολυανθεῖς beside their manifest and unseen appearances and their glen-dwelling character (LI.7).

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The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
rich in flowers

Meaning

The Nymphs are πολυανθεῖς beside their manifest and unseen appearances and their glen-dwelling character (LI.7). The -ανθής formation is distinct from πολυάνθεμος despite their overlapping flower-sense. The apparatus reports πολύανθοι, another related formation; it is not the adopted word.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LI · Line 7Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

πολυανθεῖς

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LI.7

Consequential readings

AV076_03

Lexical references

LSJ πολυάνθεμος (n84612)