Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greek myth, one of the Furies: usually in the plural, Erinyes. See
fury and Eumenides. - noun [NL.] In zoology: A genus of butterflies, of the family Hesperidæ, or skippers. As at present restricted, it has but one species, E. comma. It is usually spelled
Erynnis . - noun A genus of trilobites, of the family Proëtidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Class. Myth.) An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes, conscience personified.
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- noun Greek mythology One of the
female personifications ofvengeance , particularly wrong or immoral deeds on behalf of the victims.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The name Erinys did not originally mean Fury, and it cannot be explained from Greek sources alone.
Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology 1872
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On of the ironies is that a company called Erinys has a contract or at least, did at the time the report was put together to protect the Army Corps of Engineers.
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Erinys, which is understood to be bidding for new military contracts, was paid
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Erinys, which is understood to be bidding for new military contracts, was paid
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I accompanied an Erinys team on a trip to Camp Taji, a sprawling U.S. military installation north of Baghdad that had once been a base for a Republican Guard tank division.
David Isenberg: Armed Humanitarians: Part 1 David Isenberg 2010
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So when one of the armored SUVs in the Erinys convoy got stuck traversing a low concrete barrier, the shooters jumped out of the trucks to form a hasty roadblock, their rifles at the ready.
David Isenberg: Armed Humanitarians: Part 1 David Isenberg 2010
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The management of Erinys liked to stress accountability: to their contract, to coalition forces, and to their internal corporate codes of conduct.
David Isenberg: Armed Humanitarians: Part 1 David Isenberg 2010
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Andy Melville, the country manager for Erinys, told a PBS Frontline documentary crew: We have a contract with the United States Army Corps of Engineers, which is through the American Department of Defense.
David Isenberg: Armed Humanitarians: Part 1 David Isenberg 2010
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Blackwater, maybe Erinys, could take it in an afternoon.
movie thoughts: monsters vs. aliens hradzka 2009
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Since the launch of the "global war on terror," the administration has systematically funneled billions of dollars in public money to corporations like Blackwater USA, DynCorp, Triple Canopy, Erinys and ArmorGroup.
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