Ἐρινύς
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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
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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