Hyades
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ὑάδες, αἱ (Eur., Ion, 1156).
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Hyădes: um, f., = Ὑάδες (the rainers),
I the Hyades, a group of seven stars in the head of Taurus (called in pure Lat. suculae; v. 3. sucula), Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 111; Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 247; 37, 7, 28, § 100; cf. id. 2, 39, 39, § 106. They were fabled as daughters of Atlas and sisters of Hyas and of the Pleiades, Ov. F. 5, 165 sq.; id. M. 3, 595; 13, 293; Verg. A. 3, 516; Hor. C. 1, 3, 14.— In sing.: Hyas, ădis, the Hyad, collect., Stat. S. 1, 6, 22.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Hўădes, um, f. (Ὑάδες), les Hyades [sœurs d’Hyas, changées en une constellation qui annonce la pluie, v. Ov. F. 5, 159 à 182 ] : Cic. Nat. 2, 111 || sing. collectif Hyas : Stat. S. 1, 6, 22.
