Ἐρινύς
Έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. Τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά –> Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless.
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.)
