Erīnys (or, less correctly, Erinnys; cf. Wagner ad Verg. A. 2, 337), yos, f., = Ἐριννύς (Ἐρινύς), one of the Furies, Verg. A. 7, 447; 570; Ov. M. 1, 241; 4, 490; 11, 14 et saep.

—Acc. Erinyn, Ov. M. 1, 725.

—In plur.: Erinyes, the Furies, Prop. 2, 20, 29 (3, 13, 29 M.); Ov. H. 11, 103.

—Acc. Erinyas, Stat. Th. 11, 345.

— Transf. Of Helen: Trojae patriae communis Erinys, the scourge, curse, Verg. A. 2, 573.

— Appellatively, fury, frenzy, madness = furor, Verg. A. 2, 337: civilis, i. e. civil war, Luc. 4, 187.