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Pegasus¹
- /ˈpɛɡ.ə.səs/
Where it comes from
From Late Middle English Pegase, Pegasus, from Latin Pēgasus, from Ancient Greek Πήγασος (Pḗgasos), traditionally associated with πηγή (pēgḗ, “spring, fountain, fountain fed by a spring”), especially used to denote springs of Ocean, where Perseus killed Medusa, from whose blood Pegasus sprang. Some have dismissed this as folk etymology and suggest a pre-Greek origin because of the -ασος suffix. First attested in the 14th century.
proper noun Pegasos · pegasus
- A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the blood of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. Bellerophon tamed and rode upon Pegasus when he defeated the Chimaera.
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A constellation of the northern sky, near the vernal equinoctial point, representing the winged horse. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus.
Similar: Pegasus
noun Pegasuses · Pegasi · Pegasos · pegasus
- Any winged horse; a pterippus.
- A coin of ancient Corinth with a winged horse depicted on the obverse. Confidence in Corinthian Pegasi grew up in the Greek zone of the island in such a way that Pegasi became the accepted coin of the realm.
- Poetic inspiration; muse.
pegasus²
noun pegasuses · pegasi
- Alternative form of Pegasus
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: flying horse, sparky, hippocrene, pegasid, chrysaor, bellerophon, pigasus, hippocamp, bucephalus, peitho, phoenix, himeros, petasus, epona, perseus, centaur
Translations
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name mythical winged horse
| Español | Pegaso |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ペーガソス Pēgasosu |
| 中文 | 珀伽索斯 Pòjiāsuǒsī, 天馬 /天马 Tiānmǎ |
| Português | Pégaso |
| Français | Pégase |
| Deutsch | Pegasos, Pegasus |
| Italiano | Pegaso |
| Ελληνικά | Πήγασος Pígasos |
| Română | Pegas |
| Русский | Пегас Pegas |
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