Erinys

American  

[ih-rin-is, ih-rahy-nis] / ɪˈrɪn ɪs, ɪˈraɪ nɪs /

noun

Greek Mythology.

plural

Erinyes

1. any of the Furies.

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Example Sentences

After leaving Erinys, Litvinenko took the pair to his favourite branch of Itsu in Piccadilly Circus, close to the Ritz.

From The Guardian • Mar. 6, 2016

Waiting for them was Tim Reilly, the Russian-speaking head of Erinys; he shook their hands and led them into the boardroom.

From The Guardian • Mar. 6, 2016

That morning – at 11.49 – Lugovoi called Litvinenko from Gatwick airport to confirm their meeting that afternoon at the intelligence firm Erinys in Grosvenor Street.

From The Guardian • Mar. 6, 2016

Mr Litvinenko was also asked to help improve access to Russian gas giant Gazprom, one of the world's biggest companies, for Mr Holmes's business Erinys.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2015

The Scholiast offers the derivation ‘μωλύειν, to make charms of no avail’; but this is exactly like Professor Blackie’s etymological discovery that Erinys is derived from ἐρινὺειν: ‘he might as well derive critic from criticise.’

From Custom and Myth New Edition by Lang, Andrew