Eumenides

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /juˈmɛnɪdiːz/

Noun

Eumenides pl (plural only)

(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): /eu̯ˈme.ni.deːs/, [ɛu̯ˈmɛnɪd̪eːs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eu̯ˈme.ni.des/, [eu̯ˈmɛːnid̪es]

Noun

Eumenidēs f pl (genitive Eumenidum); third declension

(euphemistic) the Furies
- 9 CE, Ovid, The Ibis 223:
  Prōtinus Eumenidēs lāvēre palustribus undīs […]
  Immediately the Furies washed him in swampy waters […]

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Eumenidēs
Genitive	Eumenidum
Dative	Eumenidibus
Accusative	Eumenidēs
Ablative	Eumenidibus
Vocative	Eumenidēs

Derived terms

grūmulus

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.