pegasus
/ˈpɛɡ.ə.səs/
pegasus is the alternative form of Pegasus.
Proper noun capitalized: Pegasus
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.
- 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.
Noun capitalized: Pegasus
Pegasus (plural Pegasuses or Pegasi)
- 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.2007 February 15, R. J. A. Talbert, Timoleon and the Revival of Greek Sicily: 344-317 B.C., Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 167
- A coin of ancient Corinth with a winged horse depicted on the obverse.
- Poetic inspiration; muse.
Forms of pegasus
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | pegasuses |
| plural | pegasi |
| plural | Pegasuses |
| plural | Pegasi |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Pegasos |
| alternative form | pegasus |
Origin of pegasus
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.
Words formed from pegasus
Questions about pegasus
- What does pegasus mean?
- Pegasus means 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.
- What is pegasus the alternative form of?
- Pegasus is the alternative form of Pegasus.
- What part of speech is pegasus?
- Pegasus can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce pegasus?
- Pegasus is pronounced /ˈpɛɡ.ə.səs/.
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