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Orpheus

the famous mythic singer of Thrace

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Where it lives

Griphus Ternarii numeri 1 · 9.35/10k
Eclogues 4 · 8.81/10k
Culex, Appendix Vergiliana 2 · 7.65/10k
Carminum minorum corpusculum 4 · 4.74/10k
Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli 1 · 4.65/10k
Epithalamium de nuptiis Honorii Augusti 1 · 4.57/10k
Hercules Oetaeus 4 · 3.55/10k
Medea 2 · 3.53/10k
De Arte Poetica liber 1 · 3.24/10k
Silvae 7 · 2.79/10k
Florida 2 · 2.54/10k
Ibis 1 · 2.54/10k

Densest 12 of 45 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Orpheus — Lewis & Short

Orpheus (dissyl.), i (Gr.

dat. Orphei, Verg. E. 4, 57; Gr. acc. Orphĕă, Verg. E. 6, 30; Ov. P. 3, 3, 41:

I Orphēā, id. M. 10, 3; voc. Orpheu, Verg. G. 4, 494; Ov. M. 11, 44), m., = *)orfeu/s, the famous mythic singer of Thrace, son of Œagrus and Calliope, and husband of Eurydice; after her death he led her back from the Lower World, but lost her on turning to look at her, breaking his promise to Pluto. He was one of the Argonauts, Hor. C. 1, 12, 8; Ov. M. 10, 3 sq.; 11, 5 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 164; 251; Verg. E. 4, 55; Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 107 et saep.—Hence,

A Or-phēus, a, um, adj., = *)orfei=os, of or belonging to Orpheus, Orphean (poet.): vox, Ov. M. 10, 3: lyra, Prop. 1, 3, 42.—

B Or-phĭcus, a, um, adj., = *)orfiko/s, of or belonging to Orpheus, Orphic (class.): carmen, Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 107: sacra Orphica, id. 3, 23, 58: versus, Macr. S. 1, 18, 17.—

C Orphăĭcus, a, um, adj., = *)orfaiko/s, Orphic.—In plur. subst.: Orphăĭci, ōrum, m., the Orphics, the followers of Orpheus, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 12.

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