Πλειάδες
Πλειάδες, Ep. and Ion.
Πληϊάδες ( Aeol.
Πληΐαδες Sapph. 52 ),
αἱ,
II). later in sg., of the whole constellation, esp. in notes of time,
ὑπὸ Πληϊάδα at the setting of the P., Hp. Epid. 1.1 ;
πρὸ Πλειάδος ἐπιτολῆς Arist. HA 553b31 ;
ἀπὸ Πλειάδος ἀνατολῆς ib.
599b10 ;
μετὰ Πλειάδα ib.
598b7 ;
ἀπὸ Πλειάδος δύσεως ib.
599a28 ;
περὶ Πλειάδος δύσιν ib.
542b22 ;
πρὸς δύσιν Πλειάδος χειμερινήν ib.
566a21 ;
Σείριος ἐγγὺς τῆς ἑπταπόρου Π. ᾄσσων E. IA 8 (anap.), cf.
Ion 1152 : in sg., also a name given to the seven best Alexandrian tragic poets,
Heph. 9.4 ,
Choerob. in Heph. p.236 C.,
Suid. s.v.
Ἀλέξανδρος Αἰτωλός , al.(
Πλειάδες is perh. derived from
πλέω, sail, because they rose at the beginning of the
sailing-season (if so
Πληϊάδες is metri gr. for
Πλἑv)ϊάδες).—Poets (
Hes. Frr. 177 ,
178 ,
179 ,
Pi. N. 2.11 ,
A. Fr. 312 ), using the lengthened form
Πελειάδες (
Alcm. 23.60 , gen. sg.
Πελειάδος E. Or. 1005 (lyr.)), represented them as
doves flying before the hunter Orion.)
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the Pleiads
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Headword (normalized):
πλειάδες
Headword (normalized/stripped):
πλειαδες
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-83631
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">Πλειάδες</span>, Ep. and Ion. <span class="orth greek">Πληϊάδες</span> ( Aeol. <span class="orth greek">Πληΐαδες</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> 52 </span>), <span class="gen greek">αἱ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Pleiads,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:486" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.486/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 18.486 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:272" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.272/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.272 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:383" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:383/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 383 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:572" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:572/canonical-url/"> 572 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> later in sg., of the whole constellation, esp. in notes of time, <span class="quote greek">ὑπὸ Πληϊάδα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">at the setting of the P.,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epid.</span> 1.1 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πρὸ Πλειάδος ἐπιτολῆς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:553b:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:553b.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 553b31 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀπὸ Πλειάδος ἀνατολῆς</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:599b:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:599b.10/canonical-url/"> 599b10 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μετὰ Πλειάδα</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:598b:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:598b.7/canonical-url/"> 598b7 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀπὸ Πλειάδος δύσεως</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:599a:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:599a.28/canonical-url/"> 599a28 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">περὶ Πλειάδος δύσιν</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:542b:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:542b.22/canonical-url/"> 542b22 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πρὸς δύσιν Πλειάδος χειμερινήν</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:566a:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:566a.21/canonical-url/"> 566a21 </a>; <span class="quote greek">Σείριος ἐγγὺς τῆς ἑπταπόρου Π. ᾄσσων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 8 </a> (anap.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1152" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1152/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ion</span> 1152 </a>: in sg., also a name given to the seven best Alexandrian tragic poets, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1402.tlg001:9:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1402.tlg001:9.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Heph.</span> 9.4 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Choerob.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">in Heph.</span> p.236 </span> C., <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Suid.</span> </span> s.v. <span class="ref greek">Ἀλέξανδρος Αἰτωλός</span> , al.(<span class="foreign greek">Πλειάδες</span> is perh. derived from <span class="foreign greek">πλέω,</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sail,</span> because they rose at the beginning of the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sailing-season</span> (if so <span class="foreign greek">Πληϊάδες</span> is metri gr. for <span class="foreign greek">Πλἑv)ϊάδες</span>).—Poets (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Frr.</span> 177 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 178 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 179 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:2:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:2.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 2.11 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:312" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:312/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 312 </a>), using the lengthened form <span class="foreign greek">Πελειάδες</span> (<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0291.tlg001:23:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0291.tlg001:23.60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alcm.</span> 23.60 </a>, gen. sg. <span class="quote greek">Πελειάδος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1005" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1005/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 1005 </a> (lyr.)), represented them as <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">doves</span> flying before the hunter Orion.)</div> </div><br><br>'}