Ĕrīnys

ўos, f.
I. one of the Furies, Verg. A. 7, 447; 570; Ov. M. 1, 241; 4, 490; 11, 14 et saep.—Acc. Erinyn, Ov. M. 1, 725.—In plur.: Erinyes, Prop. 2, 20, 29 (3, 13, 29 M.); Ov. H. 11, 103.—Acc. Erinyas, Stat. Th. 11, 345.—
II. Transf.
A. Of Helen: Trojae patriae communis Erinys, Verg. A. 2, 573.—
B. Appellatively, fury, frenzy, madness = furor, Verg. A. 2, 337: civilis, Luc. 4, 187.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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