EUMENIDES


Meaning of EUMENIDES in English

/yooh men"i deez'/ , n.

1. ( used with a pl. v. ) Class. Myth. a euphemistic name for the Furies, meaning "the Kindly Ones."

2. ( italics ) ( used with a sing. v. ) a tragedy (485 B.C.) by Aeschylus. Cf. Oresteia .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .