Pegasean
English
Alternative forms
- Pegasian (uncommon)
Etymology
From Classical Latin Pēgaseus + -an.[1][2]
Adjective
Pegasean (comparative more Pegasean, superlative most Pegasean)
- (Greek mythology) Of or pertaining to the mythical winged horse Pegasus.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 1–4:
- Deſcend from Heav'n Urania, by that name / If rightly thou art call'd, whoſe Voice divine / Following, above th' Olympian Hill I ſoare, / Above the flight of Pegaſean wing.
- (figuratively) Of or pertaining to poetry.
Translations
of or pertaining to Pegasus
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References
- “Pegasean”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “Pegasean, adj.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ “Pegasean, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.