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Ἐρινύς

Third declension Noun; Feminine 고유 그리스 Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ἐρινύς

Structure: Ἐρινυ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: E)ri/nu_s not E)rinnu/s

Sense

  1. the Erinys or Fury, Three, Tisiphone, Megaera, Alecto
  2. curses from one's mother, blood-guiltiness of, distraction, curses to men

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Ἐρινύς Ἐρινύε Ἐρινύες
Genitive Ἐρινύος Ἐρινύοιν Ἐρινύων
Dative Ἐρινύϊ Ἐρινύοιν Ἐρινύσιν*
Accusative Ἐρινύν Ἐρινύε Ἐρινύας
Vocative Ἐρινύς Ἐρινύε Ἐρινύες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐτύγχανε δὲ ὁ μὲν ἐπὶ θρόνου τινὸσ ὑψηλοῦ καθήμενοσ, παρειστήκεσαν δὲ αὐτῷ Ποιναὶ καὶ Ἐρινύεσ καὶ Ἀλάστορεσ. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 11:1)
  • μᾶλλον δὲ μεταξὺ λεγομένων ἀπιὼν ᾠχόμην οὐ φέρων τοῦ πράγματοσ τὴν ὑπερβολήν, ἀλλά με ὥσπερ αἱ Ἐρινύεσ ἐξήλασαν πολλὰ τεράστια καὶ ἀλλόκοτα διεξιόντεσ. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 5:3)
  • "ἐπεὶ δὲ κατὰ τὸ δικαστήριον ἐγενόμην ‐ παρῆν δὲ καὶ ὁ Αἰακὸσ καὶ ὁ Χάρων καὶ αἱ Μοῖραι καὶ αἱ Ἐρινύεσ ‐ ὁ μέν τισ ὥσπερ βασιλεὺσ ὁ Πλούτων,^ μοι δοκεῖ καθῆστο ἐπιλεγόμενοσ τῶν τεθνηξομένων τὰ ὀνόματα, οὓσ ἤδη ὑπερημέρουσ τῆσ ζωῆσ συνέβαινεν εἶναι. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 22:25)
  • ἄκουε δὴ νῦν, ὦ κασίγνητον κάρα, ἑώσ ἐῶσιν εὖ φρονεῖν Ἐρινύεσ. (Euripides, episode 1:23)
  • "εἰ δὲ μή, Ἐρινύεσ μιν Δίκησ ἐπίκουροι ἐξευρήσουσιν. (Plutarch, De exilio, section 11 10:1)

Related

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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