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Latest revision as of 01:05, 1 May 2013 [edit] English [edit] Etymology From the mythical Pegasus. pegasus (plural pegasuses or pegasi) - A winged horse (imaginary or mythical, sometimes figurative).
[edit] Translations
[edit] Etymology From Ancient Greek Πήγασος pēgasus (genitive pēgasī); m, second declension - pegasus (a winged horse or a bird with a horse's head, suspected to live in Africa)
[edit] Inflection [edit] Quotations - 43 CE, Pomponius Mela, De situ orbis libri III, Liber III
- Sunt mirae aves cornutae tragopanes et equinis auribus pegasi.
- [In Africa] there are wonderful birds: horned tragopans and pegasi with horse's ears.
- 77 CE, Gaius Plinius Secundus, Naturalis Historia, Liber VIII: xxx
- Aethiopia generat […] pinnatos equos et cornibus armatos, quos pegasos vocant.
- Æthiopia produces […] horses with wings, and armed with horns, which are called pegasi. (Translation: John Bostock and Henry Thomas Riley, 1855)
- 77 CE, Gaius Plinius Secundus, Naturalis Historia, Liber X: lxx
- Pegasos equino capite volucres et grypas aurita aduncitate rostri fabulosos reor, illos in Scythia, hos in Aethiopia.
- I look upon the birds as fabulous which are called "pegasi," and are said to have a horse's head; as also the griffons, with long ears and a hooked beak. The former are said to be natives of Scythia, the latter of Æthiopia. (Translation: John Bostock and Henry Thomas Riley, 1855)
- 3rd century C.E., Gaius Julius Solinus, De mirabilibus mundi
- Illius caeli ales est pegasus, sed haec ales equinum nihil praeter aures habet.
- In that climate lives the bird pegasus, but this winged creature has nothing equine except ears.
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