Tisiphone

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

Tīsĭphŏnē, ēs, f., = Τισιφόνη (avenger of murder),

one of the Furies , Verg. A. 6, 571; 10, 761; Prop. 3, 5 (4, 4), 40; Ov. M. 4, 481; id. H. 2, 117; Hor. S. 1, 8, 34; Juv. 6, 29; Sen. Herc. Fur. 984. — Hence, Tīsĭ-phŏnēus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tisiphone Tisiphonean : tempora, i. e. deserving of punishment , guilty , criminal , Ov. Tr. 4, 9, 6.

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