Ἐρινύς
ἐπάμεροι· τί δέ τις; τί δ' οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος → Neverlasting: What is a somebody? What is a nobody? You are a dream of a shadow | Creatures of a day. What is a someone, what is a no one? Man is the dream of a shade.
English (LSJ)
(so, not Ἐριννύς, in best codd. and Inscrr., cf. Tab.Defix.108 (iii/ii B. C.), IG12(3).367 (Thera); later Ἐρεινύας ib.12(9).1179.34 (Euboea, ii A. D.)), gen. ύος, ἡ: pl. Ἐρινύες, acc.
A Ἐρινῦς Od.2.135, etc.; gen. pl. Ἐρινύων trisyll., E.IT931,970. [ῡ in trisyll. cases (nom. sg. -ῡς E.Med.1389 (anap.), but acc. sg. -ῠν ib.1260 (lyr., s.v.l.)), ῠ in quadrisyll.]:—the Erinys, an avenging deity, ἠεροφοῖτις Ἐ. Il.9.571, 19.87 ; δασπλῆτις Ἐ. Od.15.234 : more freq. in pl., μήτηρ στυγερὰς ἀρήσετ' Ἐρινῦς 2.135, etc.; Γαῖα..γείνατ' Ἐρινῦς Hes.Th.185 ; later three in number, μίαν τριῶν Ἐ. E.Tr.457(troch.), cf. Apollod.1.1.4, etc.; avengers of perjury, homicide, unfilial conduct, etc., Il.19.259, 9.454 ; upholders of the natural and moral order, ἥλιος οὐχ ὑπερβήσεται μέτρα· εἰ δὲ μή, Ἐρινύες μιν Δίκης ἐπίκουροι ἐξευρήσουσιν Heraclit. 94 ; Ἐρινύες ἔσχεθον αὐδήν (sc. of the horse of Achilles, as rebuking presumption), Il.19.418: com., Ἐρινύων ἀπορρώξ, of Timon, Ar.Lys.811 (lyr.). II in less personal sense, guilt, punishment invoked upon the guilty, freq. c. gen., μητρὸς Ἐρινύες curses from one's mother, Il.21.412, Od.11.280 ; τείσαιτο ἐρινῦς πατρὸς παίδων τε Hes. Th.472 ; ἱδρύσαντο Ἐρινύων τῶν Λαΐου τε καὶ Οἰδιπόδεω ἱρόν Hdt.4.149 ; Ἀρά τ' Ἐρινὺς πατρὸς ἡ μεγασθενής A.Th.70, cf. S.OC1434, etc.; later in Prose, ξενικαὶ Ἐ. Pl.Ep.357a ; ἐρινῦς καὶ ποινὰς τῶν δι' ἐκεῖνον ἠτυχηκότων Plb.23.10.2 ; of persons in whom such powers are embodied, νυμφόκλαυτος Ἐ. A.Ag.749 (lyr.); ἔτεκε νύμφα δόμοις Ἐ. S.Tr.895 (lyr.), cf. E.Med.1260 (lyr.), etc.; φρενῶν Ἐρινύς frenzy of the soul, S.Ant.603 (lyr.); Ἐρινὺν ἐπορθιάζειν raise a Fury-song, A.Ag.1119. III epith. of Demeter in Arcadia, Antim.28, Call. Fr.207, Paus.8.25.6. IV = Ἀφροδίτης εἴδωλον, Hsch. (Derived from Arc. ἐρινύειν, = θυμῷ χρῆσθαι, by Paus. l.c.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 1029] ύος, ἡ, oft Ἐριννύς geschrieben, plur. Ἐρινύες, zsgzgn Ἀρινῦς, die Erinyen, Rachegöttinnen, s. nom. pr. Bei Hom. strafen sie Meineid, Il. 19, 259, vgl. Hes. O. 801; Mord, Il. 9, 571; Verletzung der Kindespflicht gegen die Eltern, 9, 454 Od. 2, 135; μητρὸς Ἐρινύες, die für die Mutter Rache nehmen, 11, 280; Verletzung der Gastfreundschaft, 17, 475. Die Erinyen sind bei Homer Dienerinnen des Hades und der Persephone, s. Scholl. Aristonic. Iliad. 9, 569. 571, Lehrs Aristarch. ed. 2 p. 184. – Als Appellat. Fluch u. Verwünschung, μητρός, die von der Mutter ausgestoßen sind, Il. 21, 412; Λαΐου, die an dem Laios haftet, Her. 4, 149; schwere Blutschuld, Hes. Th. 472; τἡν σὴν Ἐρινὺν αἰτίαν λέγω Soph. O. C. 130; Unheil, Verderben übh., ἔτεκε μεγάλαν ἅδε νύμφα δόμοισι τοῖσδ' Ἐρινύν Soph. Tr. 891; λόγο υ τ' ἄνοια καὶ φρενῶν Ἐρ. Ant. 599, Schol. ᾶμαρτία, Wahnsinn; sogar von Menschen, διδύμαν ἑλοῦσ' 'Ερινύν Soph. El. 1069, die beiden grausamen Menschen, Klytämnestra u. Aegisthus, wie die Helena auch genannt wird, Eur. Or. 1374. [υ in den dreisylbigen Casus lang, in den viersylbigen kurz.]