From Ancient Greek Ἐρῑνύες (Erīnues, literally “Avengers”), Erinyes.
Sentence Examples
And now I'm in flight--pursued by furies of my own invoking--threatened with love in its most hideous form-- matrimony!
euµevrls, kindly; ci), well, and µEvos, disposition), the "kindly ones," a euphemism for the Furies or Erinyes.
FURIES (Lat.
From the blood of Uranus (this feature is common in Red Indian and Egyptian myths) were born furies, giants, ash-nymphs and Aphrodite.
Then he bursts into one of his wild furies and rages at everyone and everything, seizes the letters, opens them, and reads those from the Emperor addressed to others.