Pegasus

Hypernyms

 * ; - superorder;  - order;  - family

Hyponyms

 * - type species;, , - other species

Etymology
From, from , traditionally associated with , 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.

Proper noun

 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  A  of the northern sky, near the vernal equinoctial point, representing the winged horse. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of, form the  of the Great Square of Pegasus.

Translations

 * Ancient Greek: Πήγασος
 * Bashkir: толпар, Пегас
 * Burmese:
 * Cherokee: Ꮗ̃ᎦᏒᏍ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 珀伽索斯, 珀伽索斯
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: მერანი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Πήγασος
 * Hungarian: Pégaszosz, Pegazus
 * Indonesian:
 * Inuktitut: ᐲᒐᓱᔅ
 * Irish: Peigeasas
 * Italian: Pegaso
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: Pegasos, Pegasus
 * Marathi: पेगासस
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: Pegas
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: Pegaso
 * Turkish: Pegasus, Tulpar
 * Ukrainian: Пега́с


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Πήγασος
 * Hungarian: Pegazus
 * Irish: Peigeasas, Capall Eitilte
 * Italian: Pegaso
 * Kazakh: Пегас
 * Latin:
 * Malay: Kuda Terbang
 * Maori: Paengawhāwhā
 * Marathi: पेगासस
 * Persian: اسب بالدار
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: Pegaso
 * Turkish: Pegasus, Kanatlıat, Tulpar, Feres
 * Ukrainian: Пега́с

Noun

 * 1)  A coin of ancient Corinth, with a winged horse depicted on the obverse.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Pegasus
 * 2)  Pegasus

Etymology
From, from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The constellation Pegasus.

Etymology
From.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Pegasus
 * 2)  a Roman senator and jurisconsult active under the Flavian dynasty
 * 1)  a Roman senator and jurisconsult active under the Flavian dynasty