First Known Use: 14th century
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Pegasus
noun Peg·a·sus \ˈpe-gə-səs\
Definition of PEGASUS
1
: a winged horse that causes the stream Hippocrene to spring from Mount Helicon with a blow of his hoof
2
archaic : poetic inspiration
3
: a northern constellation near the vernal equinoctial point
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Origin of PEGASUS
Latin (genitive Pegasi), from Greek Pēgasos
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