petasus
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin petasus, and its source, Koine Greek πέτασος (pétasos), from Ancient Greek πεταννύναι (petannúnai, “to spread out”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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. [from 16th c.]
- 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 edit
low-crowned hat worn by the Ancient Greeks and Romans
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέτασος (pétasos).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ta.sus/, [ˈpɛt̪äs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ta.sus/, [ˈpɛːt̪äs̬us]
Noun edit
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 edit
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 edit
References edit
- “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