English Dictionary

Pegasus

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɛɡ.ə.səs/

固有名詞

ギリシャ語

(Greek mythology) A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the blood of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. Bellerophon tamed and rode upon Pegasus when he defeated the Chimaera.

日本語の意味

ギリシャ神話に登場する翼のある伝説上の馬。 / 伝説によると、メドゥーサの血から生まれ、蹄の一撃でヘリコン山のムーサの泉（ヒッポクレーン）を生み出し、ベレロポンによって乗られてキマイラを討伐したとされる。

Pegasus burst forth in the poet's imagination, a brilliant white form that seemed to summon inspiration wherever it soared.

詩人の想像の中にギリシャ神話の有翼の馬が現れ、その白く輝く姿は飛ぶたびにどこでも創作の霊感を呼び起こすように見えた。

意味（1）

(Greek mythology) A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the blood of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. Bellerophon tamed and rode upon Pegasus when he defeated the Chimaera.

意味（2）

(astronomy) A constellation of the northern sky, near the vernal equinoctial point, representing the winged horse. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus.