Explained vocabulary

Be with — σύνειμι (be with, from εἰμί)

σύνειμι (be with, from εἰμί)

syneimi

Dike is kindly with the just, while Law keeps company with the straightest purposes (LXII.9; LXIV.9).

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
be with; keep company

Meaning

Dike is kindly with the just, while Law keeps company with the straightest purposes (LXII.9; LXIV.9). The forms express association or presence. They belong to the “be with” verb, not the identically written motion-verb meaning “go together.”

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXII · Line 9Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

σύνεσσι; συνεών

Occurrence inventory

2 in total. LXII.9; LXIV.9

Lexical references

LSJ σύνειμι1 (n99858)