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petasi

petasi is the plural of petasus.

Meaning of petasus

Noun

petasus (plural petasi)

  1. (historical) A broad-brimmed, low-crowned hat worn by the Ancient Greeks and Romans, especially for travelling, and as often pictured to be worn by Hermes (or Mercury); (later also) the brimless winged cap worn by Hermes in later artistic depictions.
    • Their faces were shadowed beneath broad-brimmed, low-crowned petasoses.1981, Gene Wolfe, chapter XXV, in The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun; 2), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 238

Questions about petasi

What is petasi the plural of?
Petasi is the plural of petasus.

Words near petasi in the dictionary

  1. petascale
  2. PETase
  3. petasecond
  4. petaseconds
  5. PETases
  6. petasi
  7. petasii
  8. petasius
  9. petasma
  10. petasoi
  11. petasos

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