petasus

== English == === Alternative forms === petasos === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin petasus, and its source, Koine Greek πέτασος (pétasos), from Ancient Greek πεταννύναι (petannúnai, “to spread out”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɛtəsəs/ === Noun === 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.] ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέτασος (pétasos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɛ.ta.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɛː.ta.s̬us] === Noun === 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 ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → English: petasus (learned) French: pétase Italian: petaso → Translingual: Petasus === References === “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