From the book
The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns
Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- longed for; desired
Meaning
This adjective praises Night, Victory, Persephone, Law and other powers as objects of longing. The seasons are likewise desired in Adonis’s hymn. A dative often identifies those who desire them, as in θνητοῖσι, “by mortals”; the superlative forms heighten desirability without making the deity the one who longs.
Places to read
- Hymn III · Line 12Read the word in its hymn.
Attested forms
ποθειναί; ποθειναῖς; ποθεινέ; ποθεινή; ποθεινήν; ποθεινόταται; ποθεινοτάτη
Occurrence inventory
10 in total. III.12; XXIX.11; XXXIII.1; LV.12; LVI.2; LX.5; LXIII.1; LXIV.12; LXXVI.3; LXXXIV.6