Other forms: pegasi
Pegasus is the winged horse of Greek myth. Ride Pegasus, the Pegasus legend, a Pegasus statue.
In the myth Pegasus sprang from the blood of Medusa and was tamed by Bellerophon, who rode him against the Chimera and then tried to fly to Olympus and was thrown. Pegasus became a constellation. The name is used constantly as a symbol of inspiration and flight — for airlines, poetry prizes and, in one notorious case, spyware. Note that a winged horse in general is often loosely called a pegasus.
1nounpegasusA winged horse of Greek legend.
“In the myth, the hero rode Pegasus into battle against a fire-breathing monster.”
pegasus is a mythical creature.
Ancient Greek
Πήγασος
Latin
Pēgasus
Middle English
Pegase
English
Pegasus
English, today
pegasus
Built from
Pegasus comes from Late Middle English Pegase, Pegasus, from Latin Pēgasus, from Ancient Greek Πήγασος, traditionally associated with πηγή (“spring, fountain, fountain fed by a spring”), 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. 14th century.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in Myths & Legends, Fairy Tales & Folklore