Πήγασος
Πήγασος, Pegasus
Πήγᾰσος, Dor. Πάγᾰσος [ᾱγ], ὁ,
- Pegasus, Hes. Th. 281, 325, E. Fr. 306, Apollod. 2.3.2, Str. 8.6.21, Paus. 2.4.1, etc.: pl. Πήγασοι, as a sample of prodigies, pl.Phdr. 229d, cf. Cic. Pro Quinct.25.80, Plin. HN 8.72, 10.136:—Adj. Πηγάσειος [ᾰ], α, ον, πτερόν Ar. Pax 76: fem. Πᾱγᾰσὶς κράνα, Hippocrene, Mosch. 3.77, cf. AP 11.24 (Antip.).
Πήγασος, ου (ὁ) [ᾰ] Pégase, cheval ailé de Persée, Eur. fr. 308, 309 ; Ar. Pax 76, etc. ; au plur. Hés. Th. 281 ; Plat. Phædr. 229e, des Pégases ||
➳ Dor. Πάγασος [ᾱᾰ] Pd. O. 13, 89 ; I. 7, 64.
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Πήγασος
Πήγᾰσος, Doric Πάγασος, ὁ,
- Pegasus, a horse sprung from the blood of Medusa, and named from the springs (πηγαί) of Ocean, near which she was killed, ridden by Bellerophon when he slew Chimaera, Hes.: later poets describe him as winged, Ar.: later still, he was the favourite of the Muses, under whose hoof the fountain Hippocrene (ἵππου κρήνη) sprang up on Helicon, Strab., etc.