Eumenides

[ yoo-men-i-deez ]

noun
  1. (used with a plural verb)Classical Mythology. a euphemistic name for the Furies, meaning “the Kindly Ones.”

  2. (italics)(used with a singular verb) a tragedy (485 b.c.) by Aeschylus.

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Eumenides

/ (juːˈmɛnɪˌdiːz) /


pl n
  1. another name for the Furies, used by the Greeks as a euphemism

Origin of Eumenides

1
from Greek, literally: the benevolent ones, from eumenēs benevolent, from eu- + menos spirit

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