Ὑάδες

Ὑάδες, ων, αἱ (sg. in collect. sense, Ptol. Tetr. 94, Gloss.),

• the Hyades, a group of stars in the head of the Bull, Il. 18.486; their morning setting (in November) was a rainy season, Hes. Op. 615; hence commonly derived fr. ὕω, Lat. Pluviae, Verg. A. 1.744, 3.516, Ov. Fast. 5.166, v. Ὕης II; but in Lat. usu. called suculae, piglings, as if fr. ὗς, ὑός, Tiro ap. Gell. 13.9.4; ῠ is short in Ep., though ῡ in E. Ion 1156, El. 468 (lyr.).
• • II five Nymphs named by Hes. Fr. 180; later of the Nymphs who reared Dionysus, Pherecyd. 90 J.; τὰς βάκχας Ὑάδας ἔλεγον Hsch. s.v. ἔναστρος.

Ὑάδες

• The Hyades, a group of stars near the Pleiades Il. 18.486.

Ὑάδες (ὕω): the Hyades, seven stars in the head of the Bull, whose rising marks the beginning of the rainy season, Il. 18.486†.

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.