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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

  • "φησὶν δὲ ὁ Βάκισ οὕτω, σφόδρα εὖ ἐπειπών, Ἀλλ’ ὁπόταν Κυνικὸσ πολυώνυμοσ ἐσ φλόγα πολλὴν πηδήσῃ δόξησ ὑπ’ ἐρινύι θυμὸν ὀρινθείσ, δὴ τότε τοὺσ ἄλλουσ κυναλώπεκασ, οἳ οἱ ἕπονται, μιμεῖσθαι χρὴ πότμον ἀποιχομένοιο λύκοιο. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:93)
  • τοῦτον ἐκ Ποσειδῶνοσ ἐγέννησε Δημήτηρ εἰκασθεῖσα ἐρινύι κατὰ τὴν συνουσίαν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 6 8:14)

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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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