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LNS

Eumenidis, Eumenidis

Eumenides

Εὐμενίδες

Mostly Plural

noun (f., 3^rd Greek declension)

the Furies

Abbreviations

Eumenides, um, f., = Εὐμενίδες (the benevolent, the gracious ones), a euphemistic name for the Furies, Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 46; Hor. C. 2, 13, 36; Verg. G. 1, 278; 4, 483; id. A. 4, 469 al.

—In the sing.: Eumenis, a Fury, Sil. 2, 559; Stat. Th. 12, 423.