Pegasusn.

Brit.

/ˈpɛɡəsəs/, U.S.

/ˈpɛɡəsəs/

Forms:

α. Middle English Pagase, Middle English Pegease, Middle English Pigase, Middle English Pogasce, Middle English Pykase, Middle English–1500s Pegasee, Middle English–1600s Pegase.

β. Middle English– Pegasus, 1600s Pegassus, 1600s Peg'sus, 1700s Pegasusses (plural).

γ. (In sense 1b, in Latin genitive form) 1600s–1700s 1900s– Pegasi Brit. /ˈpɛɡəsʌɪ/, /ˈpɛɡəsiː/, U.S. /ˈpɛɡəsaɪ/, /ˈpɛɡəsi/.

Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Pēgasus.

Etymology: < classical Latin Pēgasus (ancient Greek Πήγασος), the name of the winged horse of Bellerophon.With α. forms compare Middle French, French Pégase (1549). The use of the Latin genitive case form as postmodifier in star names (see sense 1b) is a practice that originated in post-classical Latin.

a. Greek Mythology. The winged horse which sprang from the blood of the Gorgon Medusa when she was beheaded by Perseus, and which is said to have created the fountain Hippocrene, sacred to the Muses, with a stroke of its hoof; (hence) often represented as the favourite steed of the Muses, bearing poets on their flights of poetic inspiration. Also more generally: any winged horse.The Greek hero Bellerophon is said to have captured Pegasus and ridden him during his fight with the Chimera; Bellerophon later attempted to fly to heaven on Pegasus, but fell off and was killed, and the winged horse was transformed into a constellation (see sense 1b).First used in reference to the favourite steed of the Muses in M. M. Boiardo Orlando Innamorato (c1490).

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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > characters from classical mythology > Pegasus

Pegasusc1395

the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > the Muses > steed of

Pegasus1709

α.

c1395 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 207 They..seyden it was lyk the Pegasee [v.rr. pagase, pigase, Pegease, pogasce, Pykase], The hors that hadde wynges for to flee.

a1500 (?c1440) J. Lydgate Horse, Goose & Sheep (Lansd.) 54 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 541 (MED) The stede of Perseus was callid the Pegase.

1558 (?a1440) B. Burgh in E. P. Hammond Eng. Verse between Chaucer & Surrey (1927) 189/1 Ne dranke I nevar at pegases welle.

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. viii. sig. G6 The spirits Pegase Fantasie Should hoise the soule from such base slauery.

1600 C. Tourneur Transformed Metamorph. sig. B Awake sad Mercurie; And Pegase-winged pace the milkie way.

1616 D. Murray in W. Drummond Poems (To Author) ii. sig. M 3 Ne're did Apollo raise on Pegase Wings A Muse more neare himselfe.

β. ?1521 A. Barclay Bk. Codrus & Mynalcas sig. Cvj^v Agayne the Chymer, here stoutly must he fight Here must he vanquyssh, the ferefull Pegasus.1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 14 When she without a Pegasus doth flie.1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iii. sig. E3^v The soules swift Pegasus, the fantasie.a1657 R. Lovelace Falcon 44 The heron mounted doth appear On his own Peg'sus a lanceer.1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists v. iii. i. 194 For this purpose I can allow you the Pegasus of the Poets.1728 J. Dennis Remarks Pope's Rape of Lock ix His Pegasus is nothing but a batter'd Kentish Jade.1775 H. Walpole Lett. (1857) VI. 290 We rode over the Alps in the same chaise, but Pegasus drew on his side, and a cart-horse on mine.1809 Ld. Byron Eng. Bards & Sc. Reviewers 3 Each spurs his jaded Pegasus apace.1874 P. G. Hamerton Chapters on Animals iv*. 63 His way of riding was the nearest approach to that of an enraptured bard on Pegasus that I ever witnessed.1915 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 5 104 An explorer need not be discouraged if he is not a Bellerophon, for his mount will more likely be a Rosinante than a Pegasus.1992 P. Sandblom Creativity & Dis. 163 He [sc. Ivar Arosenius] paints himself weak and exhausted, riding his pegasus to seek oblivion with the girl and the bottle.

b. Astronomy. (The name of) a bright constellation of the northern hemisphere between Andromeda and Cygnus, containing five second-magnitude stars, and said to represent a winged horse. Also (in form Pegasi) used as postmodifier in the names of stars belonging to this constellation. Abbreviated Peg (without point).One of the 48 Ptolemaic constellations. square of Pegasus n. a large square formed by the second-magnitude stars α, β, and γ Pegasi and α Andromedae (formerly known as δ Pegasi).

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the world > the universe > constellation > Northern constellations > [noun] > Pegasus

Pegasus1449

flying horse1556

horse1565

J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes (1916) 269 (MED) He hys chere turnyd to be-hold Pegasus.

1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 265 The foloweth the Forehorse, noted with 4 darke starres, and harde by him is the Flying horse, named Pegasus: and doth consiste of 20 starres. Vnto him ioyneth Andromeda, so that hyr headde lyeth on the nauell of Pegasus.

1651 V. Wing Harmonicon 252 Below the wing towards the foot of Pegasus.

1667 Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 349 For, its Distance from scheat Pegasi hath been by me found 35°.51′.20″.

1744 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 43 91 The Comet..formed, at that time, an obtuse-angled Triangle, with (α) of Andromeda, and (γ) Pegasi.

1789 G. Adams Astron. & Geogr. Ess. 496 The tropic of Cancer, from the western edge of the horizon, passes under the arm of Hercules, under the vulture, through the goose and fox,..under the star called Sheat, marked β in Pegasus, [etc.].

1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. §355. 165 The square of Pegasus is a very marked object.

1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. ii. 19 Castor and Pollux with their quiet shine were almost on the meridian: the barren and gloomy Square of Pegasus was creeping round to the north-west.

1955 Sci. News Let. 27 Aug. 138/1 Standing high in the eastern sky, just below Cygnus, we find Pegasus, the winged horse, which contains no stars of the first magnitude although it does have a characteristic figure called the ‘great square’.

1986 P. Moore Exploring Night Sky with Binoculars (BNC) 132 Fomalhaut is easy to find by using Scheat and Markab, in the Square of Pegasus, as pointers.

1996 New Scientist 27 Jan. 17/1 They detected a wobble in the motion of the star 51 Pegasi, caused by an orbiting planet.

c. Heraldry. A representation of a winged horse.

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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > monsters

dragonc1330

griffina1400

yalec1425

mermaid1445

manticorec1470

cockatrice1513

mermaiden1538

opinicus1546

lituit1562

Pegasus1562

equicerve1572

harpy1572

lyciske1572

verme1572

wyver1599

merman1601

lion-dragon1610

lion-poisson1610

wyvern1610

Sagittarius1619

sagittary1632

man-fish1653

sea lion1661

satyral1724

man-tiger1780

sea-dog1780

Welsh dragon1799

camelopardel1830

satyr1845

serpivolant1866

sea monkey1909

1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 202 b He beareth Azure, A Pegasus Argent, called the horse of honour.

1678 London Gaz. No. 1332/4 For his crest an helmet mantled, a Pegassus holding in his mouth an oaken branch.

1761 Brit. Mag. 2 251 Supporters. Two Pegasusses argent, wings, crests, tails, and hoofs, or.

1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xx. 334 A pegasus salient.

1909 A. C. Fox-Davies Compl. Guide Heraldry xii. 203 The pegasus, though often met with as a crest or found in use as a supporter, is very unusual as a charge upon an escutcheon.

1974 C. Ryan Bridge too Far iii. viii. 180 It contained a pennant bearing a light blue Pegasus against a maroon background—the insignia of the British Airborne.

1988 T. Woodcock & J. M. Robinson Oxf. Guide Heraldry vi. 104 The Duchess of York..was granted..a sinister supporter of a Pegasus Argent winged and unguled Or and gorged with a Prince's coronet.

2. Zoology. A genus of Indo-Pacific fishes of the family Pegasidae, having a long, flattened rostrum and large horizontal pectoral fins; (also pegasus) †a fish of this genus, a sea-moth (obsolete).Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (1758) 338.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > [noun] > order Pegasiformes or genus Pegasus

Pegasus1842

1842 Encycl. Brit. XII. 227/2 Genus Pegasus, Linn... There are two distinct ventral fins.., which are often large and wing-like, and have given rise to the generic name.

1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. II. §518 The Pegasus..the pectoral fins are large, and are spread out in a wing-like manner; whence these curious Fishes have derived their name, which signifies Flying Horses.

1885 Amer. Naturalist 19 240 The order Hemibranchi is a series of much interest. Its members lose the membrane of their dorsal spinous fin (Gasterosteidæ), and then the fin itself (Fistularia, Pegasus).

1994 J. S. Nelson Fishes of World (ed. 3) 299 Two genera [in the family Pegasidae], Eurypegasus..and Pegasus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pegasus
释义	Pegasusn. Brit. /ˈpɛɡəsəs/, U.S. /ˈpɛɡəsəs/ Forms: α. Middle English Pagase, Middle English Pegease, Middle English Pigase, Middle English Pogasce, Middle English Pykase, Middle English–1500s Pegasee, Middle English–1600s Pegase. β. Middle English– Pegasus, 1600s Pegassus, 1600s Peg'sus, 1700s Pegasusses (plural). γ. (In sense 1b, in Latin genitive form) 1600s–1700s 1900s– Pegasi Brit. /ˈpɛɡəsʌɪ/, /ˈpɛɡəsiː/, U.S. /ˈpɛɡəsaɪ/, /ˈpɛɡəsi/. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Pēgasus. Etymology: < classical Latin Pēgasus (ancient Greek Πήγασος), the name of the winged horse of Bellerophon.With α. forms compare Middle French, French Pégase (1549). The use of the Latin genitive case form as postmodifier in star names (see sense 1b) is a practice that originated in post-classical Latin. 1. a. Greek Mythology. The winged horse which sprang from the blood of the Gorgon Medusa when she was beheaded by Perseus, and which is said to have created the fountain Hippocrene, sacred to the Muses, with a stroke of its hoof; (hence) often represented as the favourite steed of the Muses, bearing poets on their flights of poetic inspiration. Also more generally: any winged horse.The Greek hero Bellerophon is said to have captured Pegasus and ridden him during his fight with the Chimera; Bellerophon later attempted to fly to heaven on Pegasus, but fell off and was killed, and the winged horse was transformed into a constellation (see sense 1b).First used in reference to the favourite steed of the Muses in M. M. Boiardo Orlando Innamorato (c1490). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > characters from classical mythology > Pegasus Pegasusc1395 the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > the Muses > steed of Pegasus1709 α. c1395 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 207 They..seyden it was lyk the Pegasee [v.rr. pagase, pigase, Pegease, pogasce, Pykase], The hors that hadde wynges for to flee. a1500 (?c1440) J. Lydgate Horse, Goose & Sheep (Lansd.) 54 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 541 (MED) The stede of Perseus was callid the Pegase. 1558 (?a1440) B. Burgh in E. P. Hammond Eng. Verse between Chaucer & Surrey (1927) 189/1 Ne dranke I nevar at pegases welle. 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. viii. sig. G6 The spirits Pegase Fantasie Should hoise the soule from such base slauery. 1600 C. Tourneur Transformed Metamorph. sig. B Awake sad Mercurie; And Pegase-winged pace the milkie way. 1616 D. Murray in W. Drummond Poems (To Author) ii. sig. M 3 Ne're did Apollo raise on Pegase Wings A Muse more neare himselfe. β. ?1521 A. Barclay Bk. Codrus & Mynalcas sig. Cvj^v Agayne the Chymer, here stoutly must he fight Here must he vanquyssh, the ferefull Pegasus.1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 14 When she without a Pegasus doth flie.1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iii. sig. E3^v The soules swift Pegasus, the fantasie.a1657 R. Lovelace Falcon 44 The heron mounted doth appear On his own Peg'sus a lanceer.1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists v. iii. i. 194 For this purpose I can allow you the Pegasus of the Poets.1728 J. Dennis Remarks Pope's Rape of Lock ix His Pegasus is nothing but a batter'd Kentish Jade.1775 H. Walpole Lett. (1857) VI. 290 We rode over the Alps in the same chaise, but Pegasus drew on his side, and a cart-horse on mine.1809 Ld. Byron Eng. Bards & Sc. Reviewers 3 Each spurs his jaded Pegasus apace.1874 P. G. Hamerton Chapters on Animals iv. 63 His way of riding was the nearest approach to that of an enraptured bard on Pegasus that I ever witnessed.1915 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers* 5 104 An explorer need not be discouraged if he is not a Bellerophon, for his mount will more likely be a Rosinante than a Pegasus.1992 P. Sandblom Creativity & Dis. 163 He [sc. Ivar Arosenius] paints himself weak and exhausted, riding his pegasus to seek oblivion with the girl and the bottle. b. Astronomy. (The name of) a bright constellation of the northern hemisphere between Andromeda and Cygnus, containing five second-magnitude stars, and said to represent a winged horse. Also (in form Pegasi) used as postmodifier in the names of stars belonging to this constellation. Abbreviated Peg (without point).One of the 48 Ptolemaic constellations. square of Pegasus n. a large square formed by the second-magnitude stars α, β, and γ Pegasi and α Andromedae (formerly known as δ Pegasi). ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Northern constellations > [noun] > Pegasus Pegasus1449 flying horse1556 horse1565 J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes (1916) 269 (MED) He hys chere turnyd to be-hold Pegasus. 1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 265 The foloweth the Forehorse, noted with 4 darke starres, and harde by him is the Flying horse, named Pegasus: and doth consiste of 20 starres. Vnto him ioyneth Andromeda, so that hyr headde lyeth on the nauell of Pegasus. 1651 V. Wing Harmonicon 252 Below the wing towards the foot of Pegasus. 1667 Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 349 For, its Distance from scheat Pegasi hath been by me found 35°.51′.20″. 1744 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 43 91 The Comet..formed, at that time, an obtuse-angled Triangle, with (α) of Andromeda, and (γ) Pegasi. 1789 G. Adams Astron. & Geogr. Ess. 496 The tropic of Cancer, from the western edge of the horizon, passes under the arm of Hercules, under the vulture, through the goose and fox,..under the star called Sheat, marked β in Pegasus, [etc.]. 1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. §355. 165 The square of Pegasus is a very marked object. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. ii. 19 Castor and Pollux with their quiet shine were almost on the meridian: the barren and gloomy Square of Pegasus was creeping round to the north-west. 1955 Sci. News Let. 27 Aug. 138/1 Standing high in the eastern sky, just below Cygnus, we find Pegasus, the winged horse, which contains no stars of the first magnitude although it does have a characteristic figure called the ‘great square’. 1986 P. Moore Exploring Night Sky with Binoculars (BNC) 132 Fomalhaut is easy to find by using Scheat and Markab, in the Square of Pegasus, as pointers. 1996 New Scientist 27 Jan. 17/1 They detected a wobble in the motion of the star 51 Pegasi, caused by an orbiting planet. c. Heraldry. A representation of a winged horse. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > monsters dragonc1330 griffina1400 yalec1425 mermaid1445 manticorec1470 cockatrice1513 mermaiden1538 opinicus1546 lituit1562 Pegasus1562 equicerve1572 harpy1572 lyciske1572 verme1572 wyver1599 merman1601 lion-dragon1610 lion-poisson1610 wyvern1610 Sagittarius1619 sagittary1632 man-fish1653 sea lion1661 satyral1724 man-tiger1780 sea-dog1780 Welsh dragon1799 camelopardel1830 satyr1845 serpivolant1866 sea monkey1909 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 202 b He beareth Azure, A Pegasus Argent, called the horse of honour. 1678 London Gaz. No. 1332/4 For his crest an helmet mantled, a Pegassus holding in his mouth an oaken branch. 1761 Brit. Mag. 2 251 Supporters. Two Pegasusses argent, wings, crests, tails, and hoofs, or. 1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xx. 334 A pegasus salient. 1909 A. C. Fox-Davies Compl. Guide Heraldry xii. 203 The pegasus, though often met with as a crest or found in use as a supporter, is very unusual as a charge upon an escutcheon. 1974 C. Ryan Bridge too Far iii. viii. 180 It contained a pennant bearing a light blue Pegasus against a maroon background—the insignia of the British Airborne. 1988 T. Woodcock & J. M. Robinson Oxf. Guide Heraldry vi. 104 The Duchess of York..was granted..a sinister supporter of a Pegasus Argent winged and unguled Or and gorged with a Prince's coronet. 2. Zoology. A genus of Indo-Pacific fishes of the family Pegasidae, having a long, flattened rostrum and large horizontal pectoral fins; (also pegasus) †a fish of this genus, a sea-moth (obsolete).Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (1758) 338. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > [noun] > order Pegasiformes or genus Pegasus Pegasus1842 1842 Encycl. Brit. XII. 227/2 Genus Pegasus, Linn... There are two distinct ventral fins.., which are often large and wing-like, and have given rise to the generic name. 1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. II. §518 The Pegasus..the pectoral fins are large, and are spread out in a wing-like manner; whence these curious Fishes have derived their name, which signifies Flying Horses. 1885 Amer. Naturalist 19 240 The order Hemibranchi is a series of much interest. Its members lose the membrane of their dorsal spinous fin (Gasterosteidæ), and then the fin itself (Fistularia, Pegasus). 1994 J. S. Nelson Fishes of World (ed. 3) 299 Two genera [in the family Pegasidae], Eurypegasus..and Pegasus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1395
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