Eumenides

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Eumĕnĭdes, 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.

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