Pegasus

American  

[peg-uh-suhs] / ˈpɛg ə səs /

noun

• Pegasi
  genitive

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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Pegasus ¹ British  

/ ˈpɛɡəsəs /

noun

1. Greek myth an immortal winged horse, which sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa and enabled Bellerophon to achieve many great deeds as his rider

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Pegasus ² British  

/ ˈpɛɡəsəs /

noun

1. a constellation in the N hemisphere lying close to Andromeda and Pisces

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Pegasus Scientific  

/ pĕg′ə-səs /

1. A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Aquarius and Andromeda.

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Pegasus Cultural  

1. In classical mythology, a winged horse, tamed by the hero Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given to him by Athena.

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As the flying horse of the Muses, Pegasus is a symbol of high-flying poetic imagination.

Other Word Forms

• Pegasian
  adjective

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Example Sentences

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Pegasus Pegasi

Nike, and some retailers, have also cited the popularity of running sneakers like the Vomero and the Pegasus.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Pegasus Airlines, established in 1990, operated 158 international routes to 55 countries at the end of 2025, according to its website.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

He had initially opened Pegasus Books in Bend, Ore., in 1980, with plans to become an author.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

The trail features a zodiac-inspired constellation in Sloane Square, a lunar landscape and Saturn display at Duke of York Square, and a four-metre floral dragon and Pegasus on Sloane Street.

From BBC ● May 20, 2026

Pegasus landed on the forward deck with Guido and Blackjack.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

Jerry Xuan, a 51 Pegasi b Fellow at UCLA, built sophisticated atmospheric models to compare with the telescope's spectra and determine whether sulfur was present.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 11, 2026

Just inside, Max Streicher’s “Quadriga” stages massive billowing horses that call to mind wingless Pegasi the way they seem to gallop through the air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2024

And at just a hair more than 50 light-years away, 51 Pegasi is a naked-eye star.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 6, 2023

One such detection — the world 51 Pegasi b in 1995 — led to the award of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics to Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz.

From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2022

But these heaven-born Pegasi cannot be harnessed to the working vehicles of our streets.

From Studies in Early Victorian Literature by Frederic Harrison

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