Explained vocabulary

Prayer — πρόσευξις

πρόσευξις

proseuxis

The speakers lay a πρόσευξις before Zeus alongside their releasing testimony (XV.2).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
prayer; address in prayer

Meaning

The speakers lay a πρόσευξις before Zeus alongside their releasing testimony (XV.2). The noun identifies the prayer being presented, not the god’s response to it. Its printed formation is πρόσευξις; the familiar προσευχή should not be substituted as though it were the attested word.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XV · Line 2Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

πρόσευξιν

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. XV.2

Lexical references

LSJ πρόσευξις (n89332)