The corpus record

Ὑάδες

uades · αἱ

the Hyades

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Where it lives

Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

the Hyades, piglings

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.).

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.

In the wild

Ὑάδες · Hyades Euripides, Electra 2 (DIORISIS sentence 256)
Ὑάδες · Hyades Euripides, Ion *qera/pwn.1155 (DIORISIS sentence 749)
Ὑάδες · Hyades Works and Days 614–616
Ὑάδας · Hyadas Iliad 18.486

Where it came from

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