Etymology Borrowed from Latin Perseidēs m, from Ancient Greek Περσείδης m (Perseídēs), from Περσεύς (Perseús) + -ίδης (-ídēs). By surface analysis, Perseus + -id.
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:
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We here reach the commencement of the Perseid dynasty of Mykênæ.1869, George Grote, A History of Greece, page 90:
perseid
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Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology Any member of the Perseidae.
Perseid
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Etymology Borrowed from Latin Perseidēs m, from Ancient Greek Περσείδης m (Perseídēs), from Περσεύς (Perseús) + -ίδης (-ídēs). By surface analysis, Perseus + -id.
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:
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[…] Heracles, who traces his lineage back to the two great families in the Argolid, the Perseids and the Pelopids […]2019, Olga Zekiou, The Poetics of the Homeric Citadel, page 66:
Perseid
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Etymology Borrowed from Latin Persēis f, from Ancient Greek Περσηΐς f (Persēḯs), from Περσεύς (Perseús) + -ις (-is). By surface analysis, Perseus + -id.
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Astronomy, Natural sciences Any of the meteors in a meteor shower that appears to come from the constellation Perseus.