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petasos

petasos is the alternative form 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

Forms of petasos

pluralpetasoi

Questions about petasos

What is petasos the alternative form of?
Petasos is the alternative form of petasus.

Words near petasos in the dictionary

  1. petasi
  2. petasii
  3. petasius
  4. petasma
  5. petasoi
  6. petasos
  7. petasus
  8. petaton
  9. petatons
  10. petaurid
  11. petaurids

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