Explained vocabulary

Winged — πτερόεις

πτερόεις

pteroeis

Eros is winged amid bow-strength, fiery noise and swift impetus (LVIII.2).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
winged

Meaning

Eros is winged amid bow-strength, fiery noise and swift impetus (LVIII.2). The adjective gives him wings without specifying their number, colour or construction. The movement and noise surrounding it enlarge the portrait but are not additional meanings of this single word.

Places to read

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

Attested forms

πτερόεντα

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LVIII.2

Lexical references

LSJ πτερόεις (n91133)