1. ὄρφνη · orphnē — Beekes
dark, murky
The corpus record
ὄρφν-η
orphne
dark, murky
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Distribution
- Rhesus 7 · 13.02/10k
- Heracles 2 · 2.56/10k
- Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 1 · 2.06/10k
- Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
- Frogs 1 · 1.1/10k
- Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
Senses
2. ὄρφνη · orphnē — Chantraine
dor
3. ὄρφνη · orphnē — Chantraine
830 — Grau und Braun 114 n
4. ὄρφνη · orphnē — Frisk
Finsternis, Dunkel, Nacht
5. ὄρφν-η · orphn-ē — LSJ
the darkness
Attestations
- ὄρφνην · orphnēn Euripides, Heracles 44–50
- ὄρφναν · orphnan Euripides, Heracles 352–356
- ὄρφνῃ · orphnēi Euripides, Ion 955 (DIORISIS sentence 615)
- ὄρφναν · orphnan Euripides, Trojan Women 1 (DIORISIS sentence 556)
- ὄρφνα · orphna Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris (DIORISIS sentence 62)
- ὄρφναν · orphnan Euripides, Rhesus 1 (DIORISIS sentence 32)
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