Main Entry:

Peg·a·sus

Pronunciation:

\ˈpe-gə-səs\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Latin (genitive Pegasi), from Greek Pēgasos

Date:

14th century

1: a winged horse that causes the stream Hippocrene to spring from Mount Helicon with a blow of his hoof2archaic : poetic inspiration3: a northern constellation near the vernal equinoctial point