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Pegasos

Pegasos is the alternative form of Pegasus.

Meaning of Pegasus

Proper noun

Pegasus

  1. (Greek) 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.
    1. (Greek) 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.

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Origin of Pegasos

From Ancient Greek Πήγασος (Pḗgasos).

Questions about Pegasos

What is Pegasos the alternative form of?
Pegasos is the alternative form of Pegasus.

Words near Pegasos in the dictionary

  1. pegasid
  2. pegasids
  3. pegasister
  4. pegasisters
  5. Pegasoid
  6. Pegasos
  7. pegaspargase
  8. pegasse
  9. pegassey
  10. pegassy
  11. pegasus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Pegasos (page history and authors); Pegasus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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