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Ἐρινύς Ἐρίνυ_ς not Ἐριννύς

I.the Erinys or Fury, an avenging deity, in sg. and pl., Hom., Trag.:—the number Three first in Eur.; the names Tisiphone, Megaera, Alecto only in late writers. At Athens they were called Εὐμενίδες, Σεμναί.
II.as appellat., μητρὸς Ἐρινύες curses from one's mother, Hom.; but Ἐρινῦς πατρός the blood-guiltiness of his sire, Hes.; φρενῶν Ἐρινύς distraction, Soph.:—in Trag. persons sent to be curses to men are called Ἐρινύες.

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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