Pegasus

[peg-uh-suhs]

noun

genitive

Pegasi 

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.

Pegasus

¹

/ 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

Pegasus

²

/ ˈpɛɡəsəs /

noun

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

Pegasus

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

Pegasus

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

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

Other Word Forms

• Pegasian adjective