Pegasus

Translingual

Etymology

Latin Pegasus (“mythical white winged stallion of Medusa and Poseidon”)

Proper noun

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.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Acanthopterygii - superorder; Syngnathiformes - order; Pegasidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Pegasus volitans - type species; Pegasus lancifer, Pegasus laternarius, Pegasus tetrabelos - other species

Derived terms

• Eurypegasus

References

• Pegasus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pegasus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pegasus (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

From Latin, 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.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pĕɡʹ-ə-səs, IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɡ.ə.səs/

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Proper noun

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.
2. (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

• (constellation): Algenib, Alkarab, Biham, Enif, Helvetios, Homam, Markab, Matar, Sadalbari, Salm, Scheat

Derived terms

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

Translations

Noun

Pegasus (plural Pegasi)

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.

See also

• Bellerophon
• Enif

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Pegasus m

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

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Pegasus

1. (astronomy) The constellation Pegasus.

Declension

See also

• Pegasos

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πήγασος (Pḗgasos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpeː.ɡa.sus/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɡa.sus/,

Proper noun

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

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Derived terms

• Pēgasēius
• Pēgasiānus

References

• “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.

Further reading

• Pegasus (mythologia) on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la
• Pegasus (constellatio) on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la