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Audio Help [-sahy] Pronunciation Key for 2. | 1. | Classical Mythology. a winged horse, created from the blood of Medusa, that opened the spring of Hippocrene with a stroke of its hoof, and that carried Bellerophon in his attack on the Chimera. |
| 2. | Astronomy. the Winged Horse, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Aquarius. |
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[Middle English, from Latin Pēgasus, from Greek Pēgasos.] |
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Pegasus
winged horse in Gk. mythology, c.1386, from L., from Gk. Pegasos, usually said to be from pege "spring, font" (pl. pegai), especially in "springs of Ocean," near which Medusa was said to have been killed by Perseus (Pegasus sprang from her blood). But this may be folk etymology, and the suffix -asos suggests a pre-Gk. origin.
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| 1. | (Greek mythology) the immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of highflying imagination |
| 2. | a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Andromeda and Pisces |
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| Pegasus
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A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Aquarius and Andromeda. |
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Pegasus [(peg-uh-suhs)]
In classical mythology, a winged horse, tamed by the hero Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given to him by Athena.
Note: As the flying horse of the Muses, Pegasus is a symbol of high-flying poetic imagination.
[Chapter:] Mythology and Folklore
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Pegasus
Peg"a*sus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]1. (Gr. Myth.) A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the body 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. On this account he is, in modern times, associated with the Muses, and with ideas of poetic inspiration. Each spurs his jaded Pegasus apace. --Byron. 2. (Astron.) A northen constellation near the vernal equinoctial point. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form the square of Pegasus. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of small fishes, having large pectoral fins, and the body covered with hard, bony plates. Several species are known from the East Indies and China.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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