Pegasus

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See also: Pégasus and pegasus

Translingual

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Pegasus lancifer

Etymology

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From Latin Pēgasus (mythical white winged stallion of Medusa and Poseidon).

Proper noun

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Pegasus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pegasidae – small fish with pectoral fins and body covered with hard, bony plates, from the East Indies and China.

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Derived terms

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References

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English

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Pegasus and Bellerophon, from Myths Every Child Should Know, edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie (1914).
Map of the Pegasus constellation.
Pegasus on a stater of Corinth, circa 400–375 BCE.

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Pegasus

  1. (Greek mythology) 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. (astronomy) 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.

Meronyms

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Derived terms

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  • (constellation): Peg (abbreviated form), Pegasi (Latin genitive form)

Translations

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Noun

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Pegasus (plural Pegasuses or Pegasi)

  1. (originally Greek mythology, fantasy, occasionally proscribed) Any winged horse; pterippus.
    1. (historical) A coin of ancient Corinth with a winged horse depicted on the obverse.
      • 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:
        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.
  2. (archaic) Poetic inspiration, muse.

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Pegasus m

  1. (Greek mythology) Pegasus
  2. (astronomy) Pegasus

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Latin Pēgasus, from Ancient Greek Πήγασος (Pḗgasos).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpeɡɑsus/, [ˈpe̞ɡɑ̝s̠us̠]
  • Rhymes: -eɡɑsus
  • Syllabification(key): Pe‧ga‧sus

Proper noun

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Pegasus

  1. (astronomy) The constellation Pegasus.

Declension

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Inflection of Pegasus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative Pegasus
genitive Pegasuksen
partitive Pegasusta
illative Pegasukseen
singular plural
nominative Pegasus
accusative nom. Pegasus
gen. Pegasuksen
genitive Pegasuksen
partitive Pegasusta
inessive Pegasuksessa
elative Pegasuksesta
illative Pegasukseen
adessive Pegasuksella
ablative Pegasukselta
allative Pegasukselle
essive Pegasuksena
translative Pegasukseksi
abessive Pegasuksetta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Pegasus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Pegasukseni
accusative nom. Pegasukseni
gen. Pegasukseni
genitive Pegasukseni
partitive Pegasustani
inessive Pegasuksessani
elative Pegasuksestani
illative Pegasukseeni
adessive Pegasuksellani
ablative Pegasukseltani
allative Pegasukselleni
essive Pegasuksenani
translative Pegasuksekseni
abessive Pegasuksettani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Pegasuksesi
accusative nom. Pegasuksesi
gen. Pegasuksesi
genitive Pegasuksesi
partitive Pegasustasi
inessive Pegasuksessasi
elative Pegasuksestasi
illative Pegasukseesi
adessive Pegasuksellasi
ablative Pegasukseltasi
allative Pegasuksellesi
essive Pegasuksenasi
translative Pegasukseksesi
abessive Pegasuksettasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Pegasuksemme
accusative nom. Pegasuksemme
gen. Pegasuksemme
genitive Pegasuksemme
partitive Pegasustamme
inessive Pegasuksessamme
elative Pegasuksestamme
illative Pegasukseemme
adessive Pegasuksellamme
ablative Pegasukseltamme
allative Pegasuksellemme
essive Pegasuksenamme
translative Pegasukseksemme
abessive Pegasuksettamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Pegasuksenne
accusative nom. Pegasuksenne
gen. Pegasuksenne
genitive Pegasuksenne
partitive Pegasustanne
inessive Pegasuksessanne
elative Pegasuksestanne
illative Pegasukseenne
adessive Pegasuksellanne
ablative Pegasukseltanne
allative Pegasuksellenne
essive Pegasuksenanne
translative Pegasukseksenne
abessive Pegasuksettanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Pegasuksensa
accusative nom. Pegasuksensa
gen. Pegasuksensa
genitive Pegasuksensa
partitive Pegasustaan
Pegasustansa
inessive Pegasuksessaan
Pegasuksessansa
elative Pegasuksestaan
Pegasuksestansa
illative Pegasukseensa
adessive Pegasuksellaan
Pegasuksellansa
ablative Pegasukseltaan
Pegasukseltansa
allative Pegasukselleen
Pegasuksellensa
essive Pegasuksenaan
Pegasuksenansa
translative Pegasuksekseen
Pegasukseksensa
abessive Pegasuksettaan
Pegasuksettansa
instructive
comitative

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Latin

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Bellerophon mounted on Pegasus vanquishing the Chimera, restored central medallion of a large Roman mosaic found in 1830 in Autun (Saône-et-Loire, France).

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Πήγασος (Pḗgasos).

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Proper noun

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Pēgasus m sg (genitive Pēgasī); second declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Pegasus
  2. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. (Lucius?) Plotius Pegasus (a Roman senator and jurisconsult active under the Flavian dynasty)

Declension

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Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Pēgasus
Genitive Pēgasī
Dative Pēgasō
Accusative Pēgasum
Ablative Pēgasō
Vocative Pēgase

Derived terms

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References

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  • Pegasus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Pegasus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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