1. Ἐρϊνῦς · Erinys — Beekes
revenge, curse
The corpus record
Ἐρινύς
erinus
revenge, curse
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Seven Against Thebes 10 · 19.86/10k
- Agamemnon 9 · 11.1/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 9 · 10.85/10k
- Eumenides 4 · 7.63/10k
- Libation Bearers 4 · 7.44/10k
- Phoenissae 5 · 5.18/10k
- Ajax 4 · 5.09/10k
- Electra 4 · 4.61/10k
- Trachiniae 3 · 4.13/10k
- Orestes 4 · 4.08/10k
- Theogony 2 · 2.9/10k
- Antigone 2 · 2.73/10k
Densest 12 of 26 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. Ἐρινύς · Erinys — Chantraine
une déesse de la vengeance qui se confondait peut-être à l
3. Ἐρῑνύς · Erinys — LSJ
the Erinys
Attestations
- Ἐρινῦς · Erinys Iliad 9.454
- Ἐρινὺς · Erinys Iliad 9.571
- Ἐρινύες · Erinyes Iliad 15.204
- Ἐρινύς · Erinys Iliad 19.87
- Ἐρινύες · Erinyes Iliad 19.259
- Ἐρινύες · Erinyes Iliad 19.418
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
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- scan pp. 505-506; entry #2253
Review: Under source audit
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- scan p. 385; entry #2721 Review: Under source audit
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