petasus
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word petasus. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word petasus, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say petasus in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word petasus you have here. The definition of the word petasus will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofpetasus, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Hermes with a petasus.
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin petasus, and its source, Koine Greek πέτασος (pétasos), from Ancient Greek πεταννύναι (petannúnai, “to spread out”).
Pronunciation
Noun
petasus (plural petasi)
- (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.
- 1981, Gene Wolfe, chapter XXV, in The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun; 2), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 238:
- Their faces were shadowed beneath broad-brimmed, low-crowned petasoses.
Translations
low-crowned hat worn by the Ancient Greeks and Romans
|
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέτασος (pétasos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ta.sus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ta.sus/,
Noun
petasus m (genitive petasī); second declension
- a travelling hat or cap with a broad brim
- (architecture) something in the shape of a cap, placed on a building; a cap, cupola
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | petasus | petasī |
| Genitive | petasī | petasōrum |
| Dative | petasō | petasīs |
| Accusative | petasum | petasōs |
| Ablative | petasō | petasīs |
| Vocative | petase | petasī |
Descendants
References
- “petasus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- petasus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “petasus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “petasus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin