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Πήγασος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Πήγασος Πήγαση Πήγασον

Structure: Πηγας (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. Pegasus

Examples

  • ἐμοὶ γοῦν πολλάκισ αἰδεῖσθαι ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν ἔπεισιν, ὁπόταν Οὐρανοῦ τομὴν καὶ Προμηθέωσ δεσμὰ διηγῶνται καὶ Γιγάντων ἐπανάστασιν καὶ τὴν ἐν Αἳδου πᾶσαν τραγῳδίαν, καὶ ὡσ δι’ ἔρωτα ὁ Ζεὺσ ταῦροσ ἢ κύκνοσ ἐγένετο καὶ ὡσ ἐκ γυναικόσ τισ εἰσ ὄρνεον ἢ εἰσ ἄρκτον μετέπεσεν, ἔτι δὲ Πηγάσουσ καὶ Χιμαίρασ καὶ Γοργόνασ καὶ Κύκλωπασ καὶ ὅσα τοιαῦτα, πάνυ ἀλλόκοτα καὶ τεράστια μυθίδια παίδων ψυχὰσ κηλεῖν δυνάμενα ἔτι τὴν Μορμὼ καὶ τὴν Λάμιαν δεδιότων. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 2:8)

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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