English

Proper noun

Dirae

1. (Roman mythology) The goddesses of vengeance; they were also known to accompany Invidia. They are the Roman counterparts of the Furies/Erinyes.

Hyponyms

• Alecto ("unnameable"), Megaera ("grudging"), Tisiphone ("vengeful destruction")

Translations

Latin

Adjective

dīrae

1. nominative feminine plural of dīrus
2. genitive feminine singular of dīrus
3. dative feminine singular of dīrus
4. vocative feminine plural of dīrus

References

• DIRAE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• dirae in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers