noun

Ĕrīnys

gen. ўos · gender feminine

(or, less correctly, ; cf. Wagner ad Verg. A. 2, 337), , , = Ἐριννύς (Ἐρινύς)

one of the Furies •

one of the Furies, Verg. A. 7, 447; 570; Ov. M. 1, 241; 4, 490; 11, 14 et saep.—Acc. Erinyn, Ov. M. 1, 725.—In plur.: Erinyes, the Furies, Prop. 2, 20, 29 (3, 13, 29 M.); Ov. H. 11, 103.—Acc. Erinyas, Stat. Th. 11, 345.—

by extension

Of Helen: Trojae patriae communis Erinys, the scourge, curse, Verg. A. 2, 573.— •

Of Helen: Trojae patriae communis Erinys, the scourge, curse, Verg. A. 2, 573.—

fury; frenzy; madness •

Appellatively, fury, frenzy, madness = furor, Verg. A. 2, 337: civilis, i. e. civil war, Luc. 4, 187.

Perseus ID: n16141 Key: Erinys