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Eumenides
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English
Etymology
From en grc Εὐμενίς Εὐμενίδες gracious ones.
Pronunciation
en /juˈmɛnɪdiːz/
Noun
p
en Greek mythology The Erinyes.
Latin
Etymology
From la grc Εὐμενίδες the gracious ones f-p. The literal meaning obviously doesn't correspond to their actual nature, and is used euphemistically to avoid angering them.
Pronunciation
Eumenidēs
Noun
Eumenidēs<3.pl> f
la Greek mythology the Furies
la Furiae
la Ovid Ibis 223 Prōtinus Eumenidēs lāvēre palustribus undīs Immediately the Furies washed him in swampy waters
Declension
Eumenidēs<3.pl>
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