I.avenging, vengeful.
I. Adj. (poet.): ultricesque sedent in limine Dirae, the avenging goddesses, i. e. the Furies, Verg. A. 4, 473; cf. “Furiae,” Claud. Ep. 1, 14; “and, deae,” Sen. Med. 967: “Curae,” Verg. A. 6, 274: “dextra,” Sen. Herc. Fur. 895: “irae,” Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 104: “rotae,” id. Laud. Stil. 1, 98.—In neutr. plur.: “ultricia bella,” Sil. 2, 423: “tela ultricia,” Stat. Th. 10, 911.—*
II. Subst., she that avenges, an avenger: “ultrix afflictae civitatis,” Cic. Dom. 43, 112 (dub.; B. and K. victrix).