Ἐρινύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Attested in Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀪𐀝 (e-ri-nu), 𐀁𐀪𐀝𐀸 (e-ri-nu-we), pointing to Proto-Hellenic *Erīnū́s. Outside of that, uncertain; traditionally connected to ὀρῑ́νω (orī́nō) via Proto-Indo-European *h₁er- (“to move, stir”), but this root is now usually reconstructed as *h₃er-, so the e-grade would be unaccounted for by normal sound change. Beekes concludes Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.riː.ny̌ːs/ → /e.riˈnys/ → /e.riˈnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.riː.ny̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.riˈnys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.riˈnys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.riˈnys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.riˈnis/

Proper noun

Ἐρῑνῡ́ς • (Erīnū́s) f (genitive Ἐρινύος); third declension

1. one of the Erinyes; an Erinys

Declension

Third declension of ἡ Ἐρῑνῡ́ς; τῆς Ἐρῑνῠ́ος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Ἐρῑνῡ́ς hē Erīnū́s	τὼ Ἐρῑνῠ́ε tṑ Erīnúe	αἱ Ἐρῑνῠ́ες hai Erīnúes
Genitive	τῆς Ἐρῑνῠ́ος tês Erīnúos	τοῖν Ἐρῑνῠ́οιν toîn Erīnúoin	τῶν Ἐρῑνῠ́ων tôn Erīnúōn
Dative	τῇ Ἐρῑνῠ́ῐ̈ têi Erīnúï	τοῖν Ἐρῑνῠ́οιν toîn Erīnúoin	ταῖς Ἐρῑνῠ́σῐ / Ἐρῑνῠ́σῐν taîs Erīnúsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν Ἐρῑνῡ́ν tḕn Erīnū́n	τὼ Ἐρῑνῠ́ε tṑ Erīnúe	τᾱ̀ς Ἐρῑνῦς / Ἐρῑνῠ́ᾰς tā̀s Erīnûs / Erīnúas
Vocative	Ἐρῑνῡ́ Erīnū́	Ἐρῑνῠ́ε Erīnúe	Ἐρῑνῠ́ες Erīnúes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ερινύς (Erinýs)
  • plural: Ερινύες (Erinýes)
• → Latin: Erinys (pl. Erinyes)
  • → English: Erinys, Erinyes

Further reading

• “Ἐρινύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἐρινύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Ἐρινύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἐρινύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “Ἐρινύς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011