Eumenides

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εὐμενίδες (Eumenídes, “gracious ones”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juˈmɛnɪdiːz/

Noun

Eumenides pl (plural only)

1. (Greek mythology) The Erinyes.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εὐμενίδες f pl (Eumenídes, “the gracious ones”). The literal meaning obviously doesn't correspond to their actual nature, and is used euphemistically to avoid angering them.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛu̯ˈmɛ.nɪ.deːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eu̯ˈmɛː.ni.des]

Noun

Eumenidēs f pl (genitive Eumenidum); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) the Furies

   Synonym: Furiae

   • 9 CE, Ovidius, Ibis 223:

     Prōtinus Eumenidēs lāvēre palustribus undīs […]

     Immediately the Furies washed him in swampy waters […]

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Eumenidēs
genitive	Eumenidum
dative	Eumenidibus
accusative	Eumenidēs
ablative	Eumenidibus
vocative	Eumenidēs

References

• “Eumenides”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Eumenides”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.