winged horse in Greek mythology, late 14c., from Latin, from Greek Pegasos, usually said to be from pege "fountain, spring; a well fed by a spring" (plural pegai), especially in "springs of Ocean," near which Medusa was said to have been killed by Perseus (Pegasus sprang from her blood). But this may be folk etymology, and the ending of the word indicates non-Greek origin. Advances since the 1990s in the study of the Luwians, neighbors of the Hittites in ancient Anatolia, show a notable convergence of the Greek name with Pihaššašši, the name of a Luwian weather-god: "the mythological figure of Pegasus carrying the lightning and thunderbolt of Zeus, ... is likely to represent an avatar of the Luwian Storm-God of Lightning ...." [Alice Mouton, et al., eds., "Luwian Identities," 2013]
双语例句
1. Chain pass sewing machines and further services belong to the Offer portfolio of PEGASUS.
这家工业型企业PEGASUS在自己的网页上为您提供关于链状针迹缝纫机产品的必须的、重要的数据材料.
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2. Do you know how he got on the Pegasus?
知不知道他是怎么上的帕珈索斯?
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3. Pegasus continues onward, ignoring the command given to him by Kratos.
天马却继续向前飞行, 完全不理睬奎托斯的命令.
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4. Yes, many flying mounts are available, such as pegasus or griffins.
有的, 还有其他多种飞行坐骑, 比如飞马和狮鹫.
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5. Kratos saddles himself onto Pegasus and takes flight into the skies.
