noun

Plēïas

gen. ădis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd

and (), (), , , = Πληϊάς and Πλειάς.

One of the Seven Stars; a Pleiad;; the constellation of the Seven Stars •

One of the Seven Stars, a Pleiad; usually in plur.: Pleiades (Pliades) = Πλειάδες, the constellation of the Seven Stars, the Pleiades or Pleiads (pure Lat. Vergiliae), acc. to the myth, the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione (Electra, Halcyone, Celaeno, Maia, Sterope, Taygete, and Merope): Pleïas enixa est, Ov. M. 1, 670: Plias, Stat. S. 1, 6, 22; Ov. F. 3, 105: Plĭadum nivosum Sidus, Stat. S. 1, 3, 95.—

a storm; rain poetic •

Poet., transf., a storm or rain, Val. Fl. 4, 268; 2, 405: Pliada movere, to cause the Pleiads to rise, id. 2, 357.

Perseus ID: n36644 Key: Pleias