Pegasus
Translingual
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Etymology
Latin Pegasus (“mythical white winged stallion of Medusa and Poseidon”)
Proper noun
Pegasus m
- 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; Gasterosteiformes - order; Pegasidae - family
Hyponyms
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References
Pegasus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pegasus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Pegasus (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
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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.
Proper noun
Pegasus
- (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.
- (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
Translations
mythical winged horse
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constellation
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Noun
Pegasus (plural Pegasi)
- (historical) A coin of ancient Corinth, with a winged horse depicted on the obverse.
See also
Dutch
Proper noun
Pegasus m
Finnish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pegasus
Declension
Inflection of Pegasus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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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. |
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See also
Latin
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Bell%C3%A9rophon_Autun.jpg/220px-Bell%C3%A9rophon_Autun.jpg)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Πήγασος (Pḗgasos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpeː.ɡa.sus/, [ˈpeːɡäs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ɡa.sus/, [ˈpɛːɡäs̬us]
Proper noun
Pēgasus m sg (genitive Pēgasī); second declension
- (Greek mythology) Pegasus
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- (Lucius?) Plotius Pegasus (a Roman senator and jurisconsult active under the Flavian dynasty)
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Pēgasus |
Genitive | Pēgasī |
Dative | Pēgasō |
Accusative | Pēgasum |
Ablative | Pēgasō |
Vocative | Pēgase |
Derived terms
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
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