Ὑάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῡ̔́ω (hū́ō) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ắs).

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 • (Hū̆ắs) f (genitive Ὑ̄̆ᾰ́δος); third declension

1. one of the Hyades

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ῡ̆̔ᾰ́ς; τῆς Ῡ̆̔ᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Ῡ̆̔ᾰ́ς hē Hū̆ắs	τὼ Ῡ̆̔ᾰ́δε tṑ Hū̆ắde	αἱ Ῡ̆̔ᾰ́δες hai Hū̆ắdes
Genitive	τῆς Ῡ̆̔ᾰ́δος tês Hū̆ắdos	τοῖν Ῡ̆̔ᾰ́δοιν toîn Hū̆ắdoin	τῶν Ῡ̆̔ᾰ́δων tôn Hū̆ắdōn
Dative	τῇ Ῡ̆̔ᾰ́δῐ têi Hū̆ắdĭ	τοῖν Ῡ̆̔ᾰ́δοιν toîn Hū̆ắdoin	ταῖς Ῡ̆̔ᾰ́σῐ / Ῡ̆̔ᾰ́σῐν taîs Hū̆ắsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν Ῡ̆̔ᾰ́δᾰ tḕn Hū̆ắdă	τὼ Ῡ̆̔ᾰ́δε tṑ Hū̆ắde	τᾱ̀ς Ῡ̆̔ᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s Hū̆ắdăs
Vocative	Ῡ̆̔ᾰ́ς Hū̆ắs	Ῡ̆̔ᾰ́δε Hū̆ắde	Ῡ̆̔ᾰ́δες Hū̆ắdes
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