Definition of Hyadis
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LNS
Hyadis, Hyadis
Hyades
Ὑάδες
Mostly Plural
noun (f., 3rd Greek declension)
  1. the Hyades
  2. They were fabled as daughters of Atlas and sisters of Hyas and of the Pleiades
Abbreviations
Hyades, um, f., = Ὑάδες (the rainers), 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, adis, the Hyad, collect., Stat. S. 1, 6, 22.
 
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