Hyades

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English

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Hyades Star Cluster

Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ.ədiːz/
  • Hyphenation: Hya‧des

Proper noun

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Hyades

  1. (Greek mythology) Daughters of the Titan Atlas and sisters of the Pleiades.
  2. (astronomy) An open cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus, and the nearest visible such cluster to Earth.

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /jad/
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Proper noun

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Hyades f pl (plural only)

  1. (astronomy, Greek mythology) Hyades

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Ὑάς (Huás) (usually in plural Ὑάδες (Huádes)).

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Proper noun

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Hyades f pl (genitive Hyadum); third declension

  1. the Hyades

Declension

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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

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Latin Hyades, from Ancient Greek Ὑάδες (Huádes), nominative and vocative plural of Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́ς (Hūás, one of the Hyades).

Noun

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Hyades

  1. Hyades

Descendants

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  • English: Hyades

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