Pegasus

Pégasus pegasus Translingual thumb|Pegasus lancifer species Pegasus lancifer Etymology From mul la Pēgasus mythical white winged stallion of Medusa and Poseidon. Proper noun 1 m genus family Pegasidae small fish with pectoral fins and body covered with hard, bony plates, from the East Indies and China Hypernyms genus ; Acanthopterygii superorder superorder; Syngnathiformes order order; Pegasidae family family Hyponyms genus Pegasus volitans species type species; Pegasus lancifer species, Pegasus laternarius species, Pegasus tetrabelos species other species Derived terms Eurypegasus genus References Pegasus (genus) 1 Pegasus (genus) English thumb|Pegasus and Bellerophon, from Myths Every Child Should Know, edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie (1914). thumb|Map of the Pegasus constellation. thumb|Pegasus on a stater of Corinth, circa 400–375 . Alternative forms en Pegasos en pegasus Etymology From Late en enm Pegase, enm Pegasus, from en la Pēgasus, from en grc Πήγασος, traditionally associated with grc πηγή 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. 14th century. Pronunciation pĕɡʹ-ə-səs, en /ˈpɛɡ.ə.səs/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Pegasus.wav Southern England Proper noun en 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. en constellation A en constellation of the northern sky, near the en vernal equinox vernal equinoctial point, representing the winged horse. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of en Andromeda, form the en asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus. Meronyms constellation en Algenib, en Alkarab, en Biham, en Enif, en Helvetios, en Homam, en Markab, en Matar, en Sadalbari, en Salm, en Scheat Derived terms constellation mul Peg abbreviated form, mul Pegasi Latin genitive form, mul Square of Pegasus Translations mythical winged horse Bashkir: ba толпар in Bashkir, Turkic mythology, ba Пегас in Ancient Greek or other European contexts Burmese: my ဝလာဟကမြင်း Cherokee: chr Ꮗ̃ᎦᏒᏍ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 珀伽索斯 Pòjiāsuǒsī, cmn 天馬 Tiānmǎ Czech: cs Pegas m Esperanto: eo Pegazo Finnish: fi Pegasus French: fr Pégase m Galician: gl Pegaso Georgian: ka მერანი German: de Pegasos m, de Pegasus m Greek: el Πήγασος m Ancient Greek: grc Πήγασος Ancient Greek: grc Πήγασος m Hindi: hi पेगासोस Hungarian: hu Pégaszosz, hu Pegazus Indonesian: id sembrani Inuktitut: iu ᐲᒐᓱᔅ Irish: ga Peigeasas m Italian: it Pegaso Japanese: ja ペーガソス Pēgasosu Latin: la Pēgasos m, la Pēgasus m Marathi: mr पेगासस m Polish: pl Pegaz m Portuguese: pt Pégaso m Romanian: ro Pegas m Russian: ru Пегас Spanish: es Pegaso m Sundanese: su samparani Turkish: tr Pegasus, tr Tulpar equivalent from Mongo-Turkic mythology Ukrainian: uk Пега́с m constellation Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 飛馬座 Fēimǎzuò Esperanto: eo Pegazo Finnish: fi Pegasus French: fr Pégase m Galician: gl Pegaso German: de Pegasus m Greek: el Πήγασος m Ancient Greek: grc Πήγασος m Hungarian: hu Pegazus Irish: ga Peigeasas m, ga Capall Eitilte m Italian: it Pegaso Kazakh: kk Пегас Latin: la Equus m Malay: ms Kuda Terbang Māori: mi Paengawhāwhā Marathi: mr पेगासस Persian: fa اسب بالدار asb-e bâldâr Polish: pl Pegaz m Portuguese: pt Pégaso m Russian: ru Пегас Spanish: es Pegaso Turkish: tr Pegasus, tr Kanatlıat, tr Tulpar, tr Feres Ukrainian: uk Пега́с m Vietnamese: vi Phi Mã, vi Thiên Mã Noun + Pegasi en originally Greek mythology now also fantasy occasionally proscribed Any winged horse; a pterippus. en historical A coin of ancient Corinth with a winged horse depicted on the obverse. en 2007-02-15 Timoleon and the Revival of Greek Sicily: 344-317 B.C. R. J. A. Talbert Cambridge University Press 9780521034135 7715039M 167 http://books.google.com/books?id=Hcns2R8SWLMC&pg=PA167&dq=Pegasi Confidence in Corinthian Pegasi grew up in the Greek zone of the island in such a way that Pegasi became the accepted coin of the realm. en archaic poetic inspiration; muse. Derived terms en pegacorn unisus Pigasus Translations winged horse Arabic: ar حِصَان مُجَنِّح, ar بِيغَاسُوس Asturian: ast pegasu m Bengali: bn পক্ষীরাজ ঘোড়া Catalan: ca pegàs m Dutch: nl pegasus French: fr pégase m Galician: gl pegaso m German: de Pegasus m Hebrew: he פגסוס m pégasus Indonesian: id kuda semberani, id kuda beraksa, id kuda bersayap, id kuda pegasus Italian: it pegaso m Japanese: ja ペガサス pegasasu, ja 天馬 tenma Korean: ko 페가수스, ko 천마 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr hespê çengdar Macedonian: mk пегаз m Norwegian: no pegasus c Odia: or ଅତିବାରୁ Persian: fa پِگاسوس pegâsus Polish: pl pegaz m Portuguese: pt pégaso m Russian: ru пега́с m Serbo-Croatian: sh pegaz m Spanish: es pegaso m Swedish: sv pegas c Turkish: tr tulpar Tulpar from Mongo-Turkic mythology See also en Bellerophon en Enif en Mythological creatures Coins Dutch Pronunciation nl Nl-Pegasus.ogg Proper noun m nl Greek mythology en Pegasus nl constellation en Pegasus Finnish Etymology From fi la Pēgasus, from fi grc Πήγασος. Pronunciation - Proper noun fi constellation Pegasus constellation Declension sg Pegasu a See also fi Pegasos Latin thumb|Bellerophon mounted on Pegasus vanquishing the Chimera, restored central medallion of a large Roman mosaic found in 1830 in Autun (Saône-et-Loire, France). Etymology la Pēgasus :bor grc:Πήγασος + 1 Pronunciation Pēgasus Proper noun Pēgasus<2> la Greek mythology Pegasus A Roman en cognomen — famously held by: Plotius Pegasus (Lucius?) Plotius Pegasus a Roman senator and jurisconsult active under the Flavian dynasty Declension Pēgasus<2> Derived terms la Pēgasēius la Pēgasiānus References Further reading Pegasus (mythologia) la Pegasus (constellatio) la la cognomina la Mythological creatures