Pegasus的词源

英文词源

Pegasus

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]

中文词源

Pegasus（诗人的灵感）：希腊神话中的飞马珀加索斯　　

在希腊神话中，大英雄珀尔修斯杀死蛇发女妖美杜莎后，从美杜莎流出的血中诞生了一匹长有双翼的飞马，在希腊语中被称为Pegasos（珀加索斯），来自pege（泉水），进入英文后拼写变为Pegasus。传说中，凡是被珀加索斯的马蹄踩过的地方都会有泉水涌出，诗人饮用其水后可以获得灵感。所以Pegasus一词常常用来比喻“诗人的灵感”。

　　Pegasus：['pɛgəsəs] n. 珀加索斯（生有双翼的神马），诗人的灵感

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