perseid

noun

1. (Greek)A descendant of Perseus.

   “Thus the Family of Pelops got the poſſeſſion of two Kingdoms, and became ſuperior in Wealth and Power to the Perſeids their Rivals.”

   “[…] the Perseids, who reigned at Mycenæ […]”

   “[…] Heracles, who traces his lineage back to the two great families in the Argolid, the Perseids and the Pelopids […]”

2. Any of the meteors in a meteor shower that appears to come from the constellation Perseus.
3. Any member of the Perseidae.

adj

1. (Greek, not-comparable)Of or relating to the Perseids.

   “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.”

   “[…] the Perseid line […]”

   “We here reach the commencement of the Perseid dynasty of Mykênæ.”

name

1. An epithet of Alcmene (grand-daughter of Perseus).

   “The Perseid Alcmene, wife of Amphitryon of Tiryns, was Hercules's mother, Zeus his father […].”

2. A poem by Trinacrius mentioned by Ovid in Epistulae ex Ponto (4.16.25).
3. An episode of Ovid's Metamorphoses devoted to Perseus.
4. An epithet of Hecate (daughter of Perses).

   “It was not confined to the Male Fury, but belonged also to Medea, the Perseid Hecate or Fury of Colchis, […]”

   “Then to the shrine of Perseid Hecate,² / Concealed by forest shades, she boldly went, / Her passions on the wane. But when she there / Saw Aeson's son, her embers flamed anew!”