Hyades

[ hahy-uh-deez ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. 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.
2. 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

¹

/ ˈhaɪædz; ˈhaɪəˌdiːz /

plural noun

1. See Pleiades
   an open cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus Compare Pleiades 1

Hyades

²

/ ˈhaɪəˌdiːz /

plural noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hyades¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hyades¹

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

Example Sentences

Among these include many of the stars in and around the Hyades cluster.

From Science News For Students

Siegfried Röser, an astronomer at Heidelberg University in Germany who led one of the two teams that discovered the cluster’s tails, agrees that the Hyades is in its sunset years.

From Science News

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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