Hyades

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English Hyades, Yades, from Latin Hyades, from Ancient Greek Ὑάδες (Huádes), nominative and vocative plural of Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́ς (Hū̆ắs, “one of the Hyades”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ.ədiːz/ Hyphenation: Hya‧des === Proper noun === 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 ==== === See also === Pleiades === Anagrams === Headys == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jad/ === Proper noun === Hyades f pl (plural only) (astronomy, Greek mythology) Hyades == Latin == === Alternative forms === Hyadae, Hiadae === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ὑάς (Huás) (usually in plural Ὑάδες (Huádes)). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhy.a.dɛs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiː.a.des] === Proper noun === Hyades f pl (genitive Hyadum); third declension the Hyades ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant). 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. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === Yades === Etymology === From Latin Hyades, from Ancient Greek Ὑάδες (Huádes), nominative and vocative plural of Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́ς (Hū̆ắs, “one of the Hyades”). === Noun === Hyades Hyades ==== Descendants ==== English: Hyades ==== References ==== “Hiades, n..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.