Perseid

perseid English Alternative forms en Perseide Perseïde archaic Pronunciation en /ˈpɜː.sɪ.ɪd/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Perseid.wav Southern England en /ˈpɝ.si.ɪd/ US Etymology 1 en la Perseidēs m, from en grc Περσείδης m, from 1 grc Περσεύς -ίδης. en Perseus -id. Noun s Perseidae en Greek mythology A descendant of Perseus. en 1735 Thomas Blackwell Thomas Blackwell (scholar) An Enquiry Into the Life and Writings of Homer https://books.google.com/books?id=lPpWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA20 20 Thus the Family of Pelops got the poſſeſſion of two Kingdoms, and became ſuperior in Wealth and Power to the Perſeids their Rivals. en 1858 W. E. Gladstone William Ewart Gladstone Studies on Homer and the Homeric age 365 https://books.google.com/books?id=3ORlSd9UjKUC&pg=PA365 the Perseids, who reigned at Mycenæ en 2019 The Poetics of the Homeric Citadel 66 https://books.google.com/books?id=enSFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA66 Olga Zekiou Heracles, who traces his lineage back to the two great families in the Argolid, the Perseids and the Pelopids Translations descendant of Perseus French: fr Perséide mfbysense German: de Perseide m Greek: el Περσείδης m Ancient Greek: grc Περσείδης m Latin: la Perseides m Adjective - en Greek mythology Of or relating to the Perseids. en 1787 John Gillies John Gillies (historian) The History of Ancient Greece https://books.google.com/books?id=mXuLPkDh170C&pg=PA95 95 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. en 1814 Mitford William William Mitford The History of Greece 8 London https://books.google.com/books?id=AHwOAAAAQAAJ 4 the Perseid line en 1869 w:George Grote A History of Greece https://books.google.com/books?id=wytjNJTXQxYC&pg=PA90 90 We here reach the commencement of the Perseid dynasty of Mykênæ. Translations of or relating to the Perseids French: fr perséide Etymology 2 en la Persēis f, from en grc Περσηΐς f, from 1 grc Περσεύς -ις. en Perseus -id. Proper noun An epithet of Alcmene (grand-daughter of Perseus). en 1880 The Encyclopædia Britannica 725 https://books.google.com/books?id=UzXegb4otE4C&pg=PA725 The Perseid Alcmene, wife of Amphitryon of Tiryns, was Hercules's mother, Zeus his father . A poem by Trinacrius mentioned by Ovid in Epistulae ex Ponto (4.16.25). An episode of Ovid's Metamorphoses devoted to Perseus. Translations epithet of Alcmene French: fr Perséide f Latin: la Persēis f poem by Trinacrius French: fr Perséide f Latin: la Persēis f Russian: ru Персеи́да f Noun s es en astronomy Any of the meteors in a meteor shower that appears to come from the constellation Perseus. Translations meteor Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 英仙座流星雨 yīngxiānzuòliúxīngyǔ Dutch: nl Perseïde m French: fr Perséide f German: de Perseide m Latin: la Persēis f Spanish: es perseida f Etymology 3 en la Persēis f, from en grc Περσηΐς f, from 1 grc Πέρσης -ις. en Perses -id. Proper noun An epithet of Hecate (daughter of Perses). en 1828 Nimrod 425 https://books.google.com/books?id=WwUpAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA425 It was not confined to the Male Fury, but belonged also to Medea, the Perseid Hecate or Fury of Colchis, […] (Hecate is here mistaken for Medea.) en 2023 Ovid's Metamorphoses: A New Translation 182 https://books.google.com/books?id=TP7DEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA182 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! (The note erroneously defines Hecate as “daughter of the nymph Perse”.) Translations epithet of Hecate French: fr Perséide f Latin: la Persēis f Anagrams en deeiprs preside