Ἐρινύς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Attested in Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀪𐀝 (e-ri-nu), 𐀁𐀪𐀝𐀸 (e-ri-nu-we), pointing to Proto-Hellenic *Erīnū́s. Outside of that, uncertain; traditionally connected to ὀρῑ́νω (orī́nō) via Proto-Indo-European *h₁er- (“to move, stir”), but this root is now usually reconstructed as *h₃er-, so the e-grade would be unaccounted for by normal sound change. Beekes concludes Pre-Greek origin.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.riː.ny̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.riˈnys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.riˈnys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.riˈnys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.riˈnis/
Proper noun
Ἐρῑνῡ́ς • (Erīnū́s) f (genitive Ἐρινύος); third declension
- one of the Erinyes; an Erinys
Declension
Third declension of ἡ Ἐρῑνῡ́ς; τῆς Ἐρῑνῠ́ος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Ἐρῑνῡ́ς hē Erīnū́s | τὼ Ἐρῑνῠ́ε tṑ Erīnúe | αἱ Ἐρῑνῠ́ες hai Erīnúes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Ἐρῑνῠ́ος tês Erīnúos | τοῖν Ἐρῑνῠ́οιν toîn Erīnúoin | τῶν Ἐρῑνῠ́ων tôn Erīnúōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Ἐρῑνῠ́ῐ̈ têi Erīnúï | τοῖν Ἐρῑνῠ́οιν toîn Erīnúoin | ταῖς Ἐρῑνῠ́σῐ / Ἐρῑνῠ́σῐν taîs Erīnúsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Ἐρῑνῡ́ν tḕn Erīnū́n | τὼ Ἐρῑνῠ́ε tṑ Erīnúe | τᾱ̀ς Ἐρῑνῦς / Ἐρῑνῠ́ᾰς tā̀s Erīnûs / Erīnúas | ||||||||||
Vocative | Ἐρῑνῡ́ Erīnū́ | Ἐρῑνῠ́ε Erīnúe | Ἐρῑνῠ́ες Erīnúes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Ερινύς (Erinýs)
- plural: Ερινύες (Erinýes)
- → Latin: Erinys (pl. Erinyes)
- → English: Erinys, Erinyes
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Further reading
- “Ἐρινύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἐρινύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Ἐρινύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Ἐρινύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “Ἐρινύς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011