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Ὑάδες ὕω the Hyades, seven stars in the head of the bull, which threatened rain when they rose with the sun, Il., Hes. Commonly deriv. from ὕω, cf. Lat. Pluviae: but the genuine Lat. name was suculae, piglings, as if ὗς were the root; and this agrees with the quantity, υ being short in ὑάδες, long in ὕω: Eur. however has ὑάδες with ῡ.

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the Hyades

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Ὑάδες

Headword (normalized):

ὑάδες

Headword (normalized/stripped):

υαδες

IDX:

33320

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n33359

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*(ua/des

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