Pegase

Middle English

Etymology

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.

Proper noun

Pegase

1. (Late Middle English, Greek mythology) Pegasus
2. (Late Middle English, astronomy) Pegasus

Descendants

• English: Pegasus

References

• “Pegasẹ̄, n..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.