n.
Pronunciation: ' pe-g ə -s ə s
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin (gen. Pegasi ), from Greek P ē gasos
Date: 14th century
1 : a winged horse that causes the stream Hippocrene to spring from Mount Helicon with a blow of his hoof
2 archaic : poetic inspiration
3 : a northern constellation near the vernal equinoctial point