Pegasus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Latin Pegasus (“mythical white winged stallion of Medusa and Poseidon”)
Proper noun edit
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 edit
- (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 edit
- (genus): Pegasus volitans - type species; Pegasus lancifer, Pegasus laternarius, Pegasus tetrabelos - other species
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Pegasus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pegasus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Pegasus (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Proper noun edit
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 edit
- (constellation): Algenib, Alkarab, Biham, Enif, Helvetios, Homam, Markab, Matar, Sadalbari, Salm, Scheat
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
mythical winged horse
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constellation
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Noun edit
Pegasus (plural Pegasi)
- (historical) A coin of ancient Corinth, with a winged horse depicted on the obverse.
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Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
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Proper noun edit
Pegasus m
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Pegasus, from Ancient Greek Πήγασος (Pḗgasos).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Pegasus
Declension edit
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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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Πήγασος (Pḗgasos).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpeː.ɡa.sus/, [ˈpeːɡäs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ɡa.sus/, [ˈpɛːɡäs̬us]
Proper noun edit
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 edit
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 edit
References edit
- “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 edit
- Pegasus (mythologia) on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
- Pegasus (constellatio) on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la