Perseides

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See also: Perséides

English

Etymology 1

From Perseide +‎ -s.

Noun

Perseides

  1. plural of Perseide (“descendant of Perseus”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin Perseides, plural of Perseis (“Perseid (meteor)”).

Noun

Perseides

  1. plural of Perseid (“meteor”)
    • 1866, Astronomical Register, page 259:
      the Perseides, or August meteors,
    • 1877, The Athenaeum, page 134:
      the Perseides observed last August by the editor, Prof. Tacchini, and his assistant, G. de Lisa

Latin

Etymology 1

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Perseus +‎ -idēs

Noun

Perseidēs m sg (genitive Perseidae); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Perseid
Declension

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs).

singular plural
nominative Perseidēs Perseidae
genitive Perseidae Perseidārum
dative Perseidae Perseidīs
accusative Perseidēn Perseidās
ablative Perseidē Perseidīs
vocative Perseidē Perseidae

Etymology 2

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Noun

Perseides f pl

  2. (Contemporary Latin, astronomy) plural of Perseis (“Perseid (meteor)”): the Perseids
Descendants
  • → English: Perseides
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