Hyades
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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[edit]
an open cluster
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Proper noun[edit]
Hyades f pl (plural only)
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Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Ὑάς (Huás) (usually in plural Ὑάδες (Huádes)).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhy.a.des/, [ˈhyäd̪ɛs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.a.des/, [ˈiːäd̪es]
Proper noun[edit]
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[edit]
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).
Case | 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.
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References[edit]
- “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.
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