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

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.riː.ny̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.riˈnys/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.riˈnys/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.riˈnys/
(15^th 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
Nominative	ἡ Ἐρῑνῡ́ς hē Erīnū́s	τὼ Ἐρῑνῠ́ε tṑ Erīnŭ́e	αἱ Ἐρῑνῠ́ες hai Erīnŭ́es
Genitive	τῆς Ἐρῑνῠ́ος tês Erīnŭ́os	τοῖν Ἐρῑνῠ́οιν toîn Erīnŭ́oin	τῶν Ἐρῑνῠ́ων tôn Erīnŭ́ōn
Dative	τῇ Ἐρῑνῠ́ῐ̈ tēî Erīnŭ́ĭ̈	τοῖν Ἐρῑνῠ́οιν toîn Erīnŭ́oin	ταῖς Ἐρῑνῠ́σῐ / Ἐρῑνῠ́σῐν taîs Erīnŭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν Ἐρῑνῡ́ν tḕn Erīnū́n	τὼ Ἐρῑνῠ́ε tṑ Erīnŭ́e	τᾱ̀ς Ἐρῑνῦς / Ἐρῑνῠ́ᾰς tā̀s Erīnûs / Erīnŭ́ăs
Vocative	Ἐρῑνῡ́ Erīnū́	Ἐρῑνῠ́ε Erīnŭ́e	Ἐρῑνῠ́ες Erīnŭ́es
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Ερινύς (Erinýs) (pl. Ερινύες (Erinýes))
→ Latin: Erinys (pl. Erinyes)
- → English: Erinys (pl. 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

“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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011

[1] 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

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