perseid
/ˈpɜː.sɪ.ɪd/US/ˈpɝ.si.ɪd/
perseid noun: any member of the Perseidae.
Noun (1)
perseid (plural perseids)
- Any member of the Perseidae.
Noun (2) capitalized: Perseid
Perseid (plural Perseids or Perseidae)
- A descendant of Perseus.
- 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
- […] the Perseids, who reigned at Mycenæ […]1858, W. E. Gladstone, Studies on Homer and the Homeric age, page 365
Adjective capitalized: Perseid
Perseid (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the Perseids.
- 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
- […] the Perseid line […]1814, William Mitford, The History of Greece, volume 8, London, page 4
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Perseid
Perseid
- 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
- A poem by Trinacrius mentioned by Ovid in Epistulae ex Ponto (4.16.25).
- An episode of Ovid's Metamorphoses devoted to Perseus.
Noun (3) capitalized: Perseid
Perseid (plural Perseids or Perseides)
- Any of the meteors in a meteor shower that appears to come from the constellation Perseus.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Perseid
Perseid
- An epithet of Hecate (daughter of Perses).
- It was not confined to the Male Fury, but belonged also to Medea, the Perseid Hecate or Fury of Colchis, […]1828, Nimrod, page 425
- 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
Forms of perseid
| plural | perseids |
|---|---|
| plural | Perseids |
| plural | Perseidae |
| plural | Perseides |
| alternative form (archaic) | Perseide |
| alternative form (archaic) | Perseïde |
Origin of perseid
Borrowed from Latin Perseidēs m, from Ancient Greek Περσείδης m (Perseídēs), from Περσεύς (Perseús) + -ίδης (-ídēs). By surface analysis, Perseus + -id.
Borrowed from Latin Persēis f, from Ancient Greek Περσηΐς f (Persēḯs), from Περσεύς (Perseús) + -ις (-is). By surface analysis, Perseus + -id.
Borrowed from Latin Persēis f, from Ancient Greek Περσηΐς f (Persēḯs), from Πέρσης (Pérsēs) + -ις (-is). By surface analysis, Perses + -id.
Questions about perseid
- What does perseid mean?
- Perseid means any member of the Perseidae.
- What part of speech is perseid?
- Perseid can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce perseid?
- Perseid is pronounced /ˈpɜː.sɪ.ɪd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of perseid?
- The plural of perseid is perseids.
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