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Ἐρινύς
Ἐρινύς -ύος, ἡ. Acc. pl. Ἐρινῦς Il. 9.454: Od. 2.135. An avenging divinity. 1 Upholding the moral order a As executor (in pl. as executors) of a parental curse Il. 9.454, 571: Od. 2.135, Od. 11.280. b As protecting the rights of an elder brother: πρεσβυτέροισιν Ἐρινύες αἰὲν ἕπονται Il. 15.204. c As protecting beggars: πτωχῶν Ἐρινύες Od. 17.475.– d As sending ἄτη: ἄτης, τήν οἱ ἐπὶ φρεσὶ θῆκʼ Ἐρινύς Od. 15.234. Cf. Il. 19.87. e Invoked as guarding the sanctity of an oath Il. 19.259. f App. regarded mainly or merely as maleficent: [πανδαρέου] κούρας ἔδοσαν Ἐρινύσιν ἀμφιπολεύειν Od. 20.78. 2 Upholding the laws ordering the physical universe: Ἐρινύες ἔσχεθον αὐδὴν [ἵππου] Il. 19.418. 3 App., with the idea of personality lost, meaning merely curses: οὕτω κεν τῆς μητρὸς ἐρινύας ἐξαποτίνοις Il. 21.412.

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Ἐρινύς
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ἐρινύς
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ερινυς
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Ἐρινύς -ύος, ἡ. Acc. pl. Ἐρινῦς Il. 9.454: Od. 2.135. An avenging divinity. 1 Upholding the moral order a As executor (in pl. as executors) of a parental curse Il. 9.454, 571: Od. 2.135, Od. 11.280. b As protecting the rights of an elder brother: πρεσβυτέροισιν Ἐρινύες αἰὲν ἕπονται Il. 15.204. c As protecting beggars: πτωχῶν Ἐρινύες Od. 17.475.– d As sending ἄτη: ἄτης, τήν οἱ ἐπὶ φρεσὶ θῆκʼ Ἐρινύς Od. 15.234. Cf. Il. 19.87. e Invoked as guarding the sanctity of an oath Il. 19.259. f App. regarded mainly or merely as maleficent: [πανδαρέου] κούρας ἔδοσαν Ἐρινύσιν ἀμφιπολεύειν Od. 20.78. 2 Upholding the laws ordering the physical universe: Ἐρινύες ἔσχεθον αὐδὴν [ἵππου] Il. 19.418. 3 App., with the idea of personality lost, meaning merely curses: οὕτω κεν τῆς μητρὸς ἐρινύας ἐξαποτίνοις Il. 21.412.
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3945
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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:cunliffe_lex-n3945
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e)rinu/s

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