Πήγασος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Πᾱ́γᾰσος (Pā́gasos) – Doric

Etymology

Traditionally associated with πηγή (pēgḗ, “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 (-asos) suffix.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pɛ̌ː.ɡa.sos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ɡa.sos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɣa.sos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɣa.sos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɣa.sos/

Proper noun

Πήγᾰσος • (Pḗgasos) m (genitive Πηγᾰ́σου); second declension

Pegasus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Πήγᾰσος; τοῦ Πηγᾰ́σου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πήγᾰσος ho Pḗgasos
Genitive	τοῦ Πηγᾰ́σου toû Pēgásou
Dative	τῷ Πηγᾰ́σῳ tôi Pēgásōi
Accusative	τὸν Πήγᾰσον tòn Pḗgason
Vocative	Πήγᾰσε Pḗgase
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Πηγᾰ́σειος (Pēgáseios)

Descendants

Greek: Πήγασος (Pígasos)
Latin: Pēgasus, Pēgasos

References

Πήγασος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Πήγασος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020

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