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ὑάδες

ὗς

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Word-lemma

LSJ

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ὑάδας

Transliteration (Word)

huades

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Etymon)

hus

Author

Marcus Tullius Tiro

Century

1 BC

Source

Gellius

Ref.

Noctes Atticae 13.9.4

Ed.

P.K. Marshall Aulus Gellius. Noctes Atticae, Clarendon Press, 1968

Quotation

"Adeo" inquit "veteres Romani litteras Graecas nesciverunt et rudes Graecae linguae fuerunt, ut stellas, quae in capite tauri sunt, propterea,"suculas" appellarint, quod eas Graeci ὑάδας vocant, tamquam id verbum Latinum Graeci verbi interpretamentum sit, quia Graece ὕες, "sues" Latine dicantur. Sed hyades" inquit " οὐκ ἀπὸ τῶν ὑῶν, ita ut nostri opici putaverunt, sed ab eo, quod est ὕειν appellantur; nam et cum oriuntur et cum occidunt, tempestates pluvias largosque imbres cient. Pluere autem Graeca lingua ὕειν dicitur"

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