Ὑάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῡ̔́ω (hū́ō) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.ás/ → /yˈas/ → /iˈas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.ás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈas/

• The vowel in the first syllable is generally short, but long in Euripedes.

Proper noun

Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́ς • (Hūás) f (genitive Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́δος); third declension

1. one of the Hyades

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́ς; τῆς Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́ς hē Hūás	τὼ Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́δε tṑ Hūáde	αἱ Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́δες hai Hūádes
Genitive	τῆς Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́δος tês Hūádos	τοῖν Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́δοιν toîn Hūádoin	τῶν Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́δων tôn Hūádōn
Dative	τῇ Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́δῐ têi Hūádi	τοῖν Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́δοιν toîn Hūádoin	ταῖς Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́σῐ / Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́σῐν taîs Hūási(n)
Accusative	τὴν Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́δᾰ tḕn Hūáda	τὼ Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́δε tṑ Hūáde	τᾱ̀ς Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s Hūádas
Vocative	Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́ς Hūás	Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́δε Hūáde	Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́δες Hūádes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: Υάς (Yás)
• Latin: Hyas

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013
• Ὑάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Ὑάδες”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ὑάδες”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers