Pegasus

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin Pēgasus (“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; Osteichthyes – superclass; Actinopterygii – superclass; Actinopteri – class; Neopterygii – subclass; Teleostei – infraclass; Acanthopterygii – superorder; Syngnathiformes – order; Pegasidae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Pegasus volitans – type species; Pegasus lancifer, Pegasus laternarius, Pegasus tetrabelos – other species ==== Derived terms ==== Eurypegasus === References === Pegasus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Pegasus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Pegasus (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == English == === Alternative forms === Pegasos pegasus === Etymology === From Late Middle English Pegase, Pegasus, 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. === Pronunciation === enPR: pĕɡʹ-ə-səs, IPA(key): /ˈpɛɡ.ə.səs/ === 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 ==== (constellation): Peg (abbreviated form), Pegasi (Latin genitive form), Square of Pegasus ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Pegasus (plural Pegasuses or Pegasi) (originally Greek mythology, now also fantasy, occasionally proscribed) Any winged horse; a pterippus. (historical) A coin of ancient Corinth with a winged horse depicted on the obverse. (archaic) Poetic inspiration; muse. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === Bellerophon Enif == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Pegasus m (Greek mythology) Pegasus (astronomy) Pegasus == Finnish == === Etymology === From Latin Pēgasus, from Ancient Greek Πήγασος (Pḗgasos). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpeɡɑsus/, [ˈpe̞ɡɑ̝s̠us̠] Syllabification(key): Pe‧ga‧sus Hyphenation(key): Pe‧ga‧sus === Proper noun === Pegasus (astronomy) The constellation Pegasus. ==== Declension ==== === See also === Pegasos == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πήγασος (Pḗgasos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpeː.ɡa.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɛː.ɡa.s̬us] === 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. ==== Derived terms ==== Pēgasēius Pēgasiānus === 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