Middle English Dictionary Entry
Plīades n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Plīades n. Also pliadas. |
| Etymology | L, ult. Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A cluster of seven stars in the constellation Taurus, Pleiades.
Associated quotations
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1320 : The seconde is noght vertules; Clota or elles Pliades It hatte.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)110a/a : In þe eiȝteþe gree pliadas, þe seuene sterres, arisiþ and desturbiþ þe aier.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)118b/b : Pliades arisiþ in wintir.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5584 : Þer cam doun from þe hiȝe heuene, By Pliades and þe sterris seuene..a merueillous ymage.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Job 38.31 : Whether thou schalt mowe ioyne togidere schynynge sterris Pliades?
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)2714 : The vith kalende of Juyn, when Pliades Appereth..the sterrys vii.
- ?1480 Court Sap.(Caxton)2135 : Astronomye..dyuers names gan..for to dresse, As Tryones..Oryon and Plyades.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)45/7 : A mayden..knew..the revolucion of Pliades.