Hyades

[ hahy-uh-deez ]

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noun

, (used with a plural verb)

Astronomy. a group of stars comprising a moving cluster in the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the approach of rain when they rose with the sun.
Classical Mythology. a group of nymphs and sisters of the Pleiades who nurtured the infant Dionysus and were placed among the stars as a reward.

Hyades

/ ˈhaɪəˌdiːz /

Greek myth seven nymphs, daughters of Atlas, whom Zeus placed among the stars after death

Hyades

/ ˈhaɪəˌdiːz; ˈhaɪædz /

Origin of Hyades¹

1350–1400; Middle English Hiades < Latin < Greek, equivalent to hý ( ein ) to rain + -ades, plural of -as -ad ¹

Origin of Hyades¹

C16: via Latin from Greek huades, perhaps from huein to rain

Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard in Dim Carcosa.

Some have suggested that the first two letters are from ὕειν, to rain, (cf. Hyades).

He was peculiarly named Ὑης; and his priests were the Hyades, and Hyantes.

The inexperienced observer is certain to be surprised by the display of stars which an opera-glass brings to view in the Hyades.

And now let us look at the Hyades, an assemblage of stars not less beautiful than their more celebrated sisters the Pleiades.

A good example is the cluster in the Hyades, where Boss has studied thirty-nine stars with special care.

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