Hyadis
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ὑάς (Huás) (usually in plural Ὑάδες (Huádes)).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhy.a.des/, [ˈhyäd̪ɛs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.a.des/, [ˈiːäd̪es]
Proper noun
Hyades f pl (genitive Hyadum); third declension
- the Hyades
- 70 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Georgica 1.138, (dactylic hexameter):
- Pleïadas, Hyadas, claramque Lycaonis Arcton
- 70 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneis 1.744, (dactylic hexameter):
- Arcturum pluviasque Hyadas geminosque Triones
- 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.595, (dactylic hexameter):
- Taygetenque Hyadasque oculis Arctonque notavi
- 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).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Hyas | Hyades |
| Genitive | Hyados | Hyadum |
| Dative | Hyadī | Hyadibus |
| Accusative | Hyada | Hyadas |
| Ablative | Hyade | Hyadibus |
| Vocative | Hyas | Hyades |
This noun is usually used in the plural rather than the singular.
See also
- Suculae
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