Perseides

See also: Perséides

English

Etymology 1

From Perseide +‎ -s.

Noun

Perseides

1. plural of Perseide (“descendant of Perseus”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin Perseides, plural of Perseis (“Perseid (meteor)”).

Noun

Perseides

1. plural of Perseid (“meteor”)
   • 1866, Astronomical Register, page 259:

     […] the Perseides, or August meteors, […]

   • 1877, The Athenaeum, page 134:

     […] the Perseides observed last August by the editor, Prof. Tacchini, and his assistant, G. de Lisa […]

Latin

Etymology 1

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

Perseidae

Wikipedia ^la

Perseus +‎ -idēs

Noun

Perseidēs m sg (genitive Perseidae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Perseid

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs).

	singular	plural
nominative	Perseidēs	Perseidae
genitive	Perseidae	Perseidārum
dative	Perseidae	Perseidīs
accusative	Perseidēn	Perseidās
ablative	Perseidē	Perseidīs
vocative	Perseidē	Perseidae

Etymology 2

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

Perseides

Wikipedia ^la

Noun

Perseides f pl

2. (Contemporary Latin, astronomy) plural of Perseis (“Perseid (meteor)”): the Perseids

Descendants

• → English: Perseides