PEGASUS


Meaning of PEGASUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpe-gə-səs ]

noun

Etymology: Latin (genitive Pegasi ), from Greek Pēgasos

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

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