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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Perseid en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɜː.sɪ.ɪd/ (UK)
- /ˈpɝ.si.ɪd/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Perseidēs m, from Ancient Greek Περσείδης m (Perseídēs), from Περσεύς (Perseús) + -ίδης (-ídēs). By surface analysis, Perseus + -id.
Meanings
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(Greek, not-comparable) Of or relating to the Perseids.
We here reach the commencement of the Perseid dynasty of Mykênæ.
1869, George Grote, A History of Greece, page 90:[…] the Perseid line […]
1814, William Mitford, The History of Greece, volume 8, London, page 4:The deſcendants and partiſans of the great Hercules, the moſt illuſtrious hero of the Perſeid line, were diveſted of their poſſeſſions, and driven into baniſhment.
1787, John Gillies, The History of Ancient Greece, page 95:
Forms
Translations (1)
fr perséide (of or relating to the Perseids)
Perseid en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɜː.sɪ.ɪd/ (UK)
- /ˈpɝ.si.ɪd/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Perseidēs m, from Ancient Greek Περσείδης m (Perseídēs), from Περσεύς (Perseús) + -ίδης (-ídēs). By surface analysis, Perseus + -id.
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(Greek) A descendant of Perseus.
[…] the Perseids, who reigned at Mycenæ […]
1858, W. E. Gladstone, Studies on Homer and the Homeric age, page 365:[…] Heracles, who traces his lineage back to the two great families in the Argolid, the Perseids and the Pelopids […]
2019, Olga Zekiou, The Poetics of the Homeric Citadel, page 66:Thus the Family of Pelops got the poſſeſſion of two Kingdoms, and became ſuperior in Wealth and Power to the Perſeids their Rivals.
1735, Thomas Blackwell, An Enquiry Into the Life and Writings of Homer, page 20:
Forms
Translations (5)
fr Perséide (descendant of Perseus) · grc Περσείδης (descendant of Perseus) · la Perseides (descendant of Perseus) · de Perseide (descendant of Perseus) · el Περσείδης (descendant of Perseus)
Perseid en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɜː.sɪ.ɪd/ (UK)
- /ˈpɝ.si.ɪd/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Persēis f, from Ancient Greek Περσηΐς f (Persēḯs), from Περσεύς (Perseús) + -ις (-is). By surface analysis, Perseus + -id.
Meanings
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Any of the meteors in a meteor shower that appears to come from the constellation Perseus.
Forms
Translations (6)
de Perseide (meteor) · la Persēis (meteor) · cmn 英仙座流星雨 (meteor) · fr Perséide (meteor) · es perseida (meteor) · nl Perseïde (meteor)
Perseid en · PROPN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɜː.sɪ.ɪd/ (UK)
- /ˈpɝ.si.ɪd/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Persēis f, from Ancient Greek Περσηΐς f (Persēḯs), from Περσεύς (Perseús) + -ις (-is). By surface analysis, Perseus + -id.
Meanings
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An epithet of Alcmene (grand-daughter of Perseus).
The Perseid Alcmene, wife of Amphitryon of Tiryns, was Hercules's mother, Zeus his father […].
1880, The Encyclopædia Britannica, page 725:
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A poem by Trinacrius mentioned by Ovid in Epistulae ex Ponto (4.16.25).
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An episode of Ovid's Metamorphoses devoted to Perseus.
Forms
Translations (5)
ru Персеи́да (poem by Trinacrius) · fr Perséide (epithet of Alcmene) · la Persēis (poem by Trinacrius) · la Persēis (epithet of Alcmene) · fr Perséide (poem by Trinacrius)
Perseid en · PROPN · etymology 3
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɜː.sɪ.ɪd/ (UK)
- /ˈpɝ.si.ɪd/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Persēis f, from Ancient Greek Περσηΐς f (Persēḯs), from Πέρσης (Pérsēs) + -ις (-is). By surface analysis, Perses + -id.
Meanings
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An epithet of Hecate (daughter of Perses).
Then to the shrine of Perseid Hecate,² / Concealed by forest shades, she boldly went, / Her passions on the wane. But when she there / Saw Aeson's son, her embers flamed anew!
2023, Ovid's Metamorphoses: A New Translation, page 182:It was not confined to the Male Fury, but belonged also to Medea, the Perseid Hecate or Fury of Colchis, […]
1828, Nimrod, page 425:
Forms
Translations (2)
la Persēis (epithet of Hecate) · fr Perséide (epithet of Hecate)