eumenides
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Euminis, Eumenidis:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
Fury/Eumenide; (usu. pl.); (euphemistically) the gracious/benevolent ones;
nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...cetera cantuexplicat Haemonio penetratque in Tartara lingua.'Eumenides Stygiumque nefas Poenaeque nocentum 695et Chaos innumeros auidum confundere mundoset..."Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...pectus aerumnis: feri.— scelus remitto, dexterae parcent tuae Eumenides ipsae: uerberum crepuit sonus. quaenam ista torquens angue uibrato..."
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...atrae impauidus Lethes, non ipsae horrore sine alto Eumenides uidisse queant, turbasset euntes Solis equos Martisque iugum..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...atque intima Leti tartara caeruleosque implexae crinibus angues Eumenides, tenuitque inhians tria Cerberus ora atque Ixionii vento rota..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...comprecer hora. quare facta virum multantes vindice poena Eumenides, quibus anguino redimita capillo frons exspirantis praeportat pectoris iras..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...adstitit aras 'poenarum' que 'deae triplices, furialibus,' inquit 'Eumenides, sacris vultus advertite vestros! ulciscor facioque nefas; mors morte..."Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Iuno, non Hymenaeus adest, non illi Gratia lecto: Eumenides tenuere faces de funere raptas, Eumenides stravere torum, tectoque..."