Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Greek Mythology One of the Pleiades.
- noun One of the six stars in the Pleiades cluster, faintly visible to the unaided eye.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin Tāygetē, from Greek Tāügetē.]
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Taygeta et siluis accersere Pana Lycaeis. quod ni templa darent alias Tirynthia sortis, 80 et Praenestinae poterant migrare Sorores.
A Villa at Tibur 1912
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Electra; but it includes as well Celœno and Taygeta, and is traceable southward from Asterope over an arc of 1° 10´ ....
The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture 1889
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The six now visible to ordinary sight are Alcyone, Electra, Atlas, Maia, Merope and Taygeta.
The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture 1889
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