Explained vocabulary

Whispering or murmuring — ψίθυρος

ψίθυρος

psithyros

The western breezes are whispering at LXXXI.2.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
whispering or murmuring

Meaning

The western breezes are whispering at LXXXI.2. The sound is gentle and continuous within the favourable wind imagery. The printed ψιθυραί keeps its final accent in the form inventory; that accent alone is no reason to invent a second lexical headword.

Places to read

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

Attested forms

ψιθυραί

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXXI.2

Lexical references

LSJ ψίθυρος (n115715)