Eumenides

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Εὐμενίδες (Eumenídes, “gracious ones”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /juˈmɛnɪdiːz/ === Noun === Eumenides pl (plural only) (Greek mythology) The Erinyes. == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Εὐμενίδες f pl (Eumenídes, “the gracious ones”). The literal meaning obviously doesn't correspond to their actual nature, and is used euphemistically to avoid angering them. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛu̯ˈmɛ.nɪ.deːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eu̯ˈmɛː.ni.des] === Noun === Eumenidēs f pl (genitive Eumenidum); third declension (euphemistic) the Furies ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, plural only. ==== Derived terms ==== grūmulus === References === “Eumenides”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Eumenides”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.