fury Copy link Outline I. A mythological personage1. Fŭria (rare in sing.)2. Ĕrinnys, y̆os, f. (Gr. ἘριννὺςII. Violent rage1. fŭror2. răbies, em, e, f.3. saevĭtia • fury: I. A mythological personage: 1. Fŭria (rare in sing.): the F.s are goddesses that keep watch over crimes and avenge them, F. sunt deae speculatrices et vindices facinorum, Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 46: impelled by bad f.s, malis f. actus, Hor. S. 2, 3, 135. Fig.: of any embodiment of rage or infatuation: that f., and pest of his country, illa f. ac pestis patriae, Cic. Sext. 14, fin.: a f. and firebrand of war, f. faxque belli, Liv. 2. Ĕrinnys, y̆os, f. (Gr. Ἐριννὺς: poet.): the dismal f.s, atrae E., Ov. Her. 11, 103. Fig.: the common f. of Troy and of her own country (Helen), Trojae ac patriae communis E., Virg. Aen. 2, 573. II. Violent rage: 1. fŭror: v. rage. Fig.: the equinoctial f. of the sky, coeli f. aequinoctialis, Cat. 46, 2. 2. răbies, em, e, f.: the f. of fellow-citizens, i. e. civil war, r. civica, Hor.: the f. of the winds, r. ventorum, Ov.: v. rage. 3. saevĭtia: v. fierceness.