to sail
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Pleiades
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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| type | Derivation | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | πλέω | |
| meaning 1 | to sail | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Pleiades | |
| reference | LSJ Frisk | |
| comment | because of the cluster's importance in delimiting the sailing season in the Mediterranean Sea: "the season of navigation began with their heliacal rising" (OED), in notes of time, ὑπὸ Πληϊάδα 'at the setting of the Pleiades' Hard, Robin (2004), The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology", Psychology Press, 2004 |
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in Greek mythology the Pleiades (Πλειάδες), seven divine sisters, the name supposedly deriving from that of their mother Pleione (Πληιόνη, Πλειόνη) and effectively meaning "daughters of Pleione". However, the name of the star-cluster likely came first, and Pleione was invented to explain it.