hyades

Latin noun
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning Hyades
Literal translation Hyades
Variants
hyades
Edited by
Hyades constellation

In Arietis parte XXVII. oriuntur Hyades.

‘At 27° Aries rise the Hyades.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.6.6

Genre: astrological compendium
Provenance: Sicily
Date: ca. 334 CE

Firmicus Maternus. 1897. Ivlii Firmici Materni Matheseos Libri VIII, ed. W. Kroll, F. Skutsch. Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner. 2.297

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). hyades (Lemma #1465). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1465/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). hyades (Lemma #1465). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1465/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). hyades (Lemma #1465). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1465/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) hyades (Lemma #1465), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1465/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1465,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {hyades ({Lemma} #1465)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1465/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1465/},
}