Ὑάδες
Ὑάδες, ων , αἱ (sg. in collect. sense, Tetr. 94 , Gloss.),
A). the Hyades, a group of stars in the head of the Bull, ; their morning setting (in November) was a rainy season, 18.486 Op. 615 ; hence commonly derived fr. ὕω, Lat. Pluviae, Verg. A. 1.744 , 3.516 , Ov. Fast. 5.166 , v. Ὕης 11 ; but in Lat. usu. called suculae, piglings, as if fr. ὗς, ὑός, Tiroap. ; 13.9.4 ῠ is short in Ep., though ῡ in Ion 1156 , El. 468 (lyr.).
II). five Nymphs named by Fr. 180 ; later of the Nymphs who reared Dionysus, 90 ; τὰς βάκχας Ὑάδας ἔλεγον s.v. ἔναστρος.