Hyades
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Hyades Star Cluster
English
Etymology
From Middle English Hyades, Yades, from Latin Hyades, from Ancient Greek Ὑάδες (Huádes), nominative and vocative plural of Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́ς (Hūás, “one of the Hyades”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hyades
- (Greek mythology) Daughters of the Titan Atlas and sisters of the Pleiades.
- (astronomy) An open cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus, and the nearest visible such cluster to Earth.
Translations
an open cluster
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hyades f pl (plural only)
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ὑάς (Huás) (usually in plural Ὑάδες (Huádes)).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈhy.a.des/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.a.des/,
Proper noun
Hyades f pl (genitive Hyadum); third declension
- the Hyades
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.164, (elegiac couplet):
- at simul inducent obscura crepuscula noctem/pars Hyadum toto de grege nulla latet.
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.197, (elegiac couplet):
- Postera lux Hyadas, Taurinae cornua frontis/evocat, et multa terra madescit aqua.
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Hyas | Hyades |
| genitive | Hyadis | Hyadum |
| dative | Hyadī | Hyadibus |
| accusative | Hyadem | Hyadas |
| ablative | Hyade | Hyadibus |
| vocative | Hyas | Hyades |
This noun is usually used in the plural rather than the singular.
See also
References
- “Hyades”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Hyades in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin Hyades, from Ancient Greek Ὑάδες (Huádes), nominative and vocative plural of Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́ς (Hūás, “one of the Hyades”).
Noun
Hyades
Descendants
- English: Hyades
References
- “Hiades, n..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.