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petasus [pet-uh-suh s] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun, plural pet·a·sus·es. a broad-brimmed hat worn by ancient Greek travelers and hunters, often represented in art as a winged hat worn by Hermes or Mercury. Liberaldictionary.com
Also pet·a·sos [pet-uh-suh s, -sos] /ˈpɛt ə səs, -ˌsɒs/. Origin of petasus 1590–1600; Latin Greek pétasos, akin to petannýnai to spread out Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for petasos Historical Examples of petasos
A boy emerging into manhood leaves his petasos and strigil and chlamys to Hermes, the god of games.
Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol II of 2)
John Addington Symonds
Another kind of cradle, in the form of a shoe, is shown containing the infant Hermes, recognizable by his petasos.
L. W. Yaggy
No. 53, a figure wearing a petasos, does not appear in the plate of Michaelis.
A. H. Smith
One of these (No. 17) wears the petasos, a flapping, broad-brimmed hat used by travellers.
A. H. Smith
Youthful beardless head wearing a petasos and looking to the right.
A. H. Smith
British Dictionary definitions for petasos petasus petasos (ˈpɛtəsəs, -ˌsɒs) noun a broad-brimmed hat worn by the ancient Greeks, such as one with wings on either side as traditionally worn by Mercury Word Origin for petasus C16: via Latin from Greek petasos Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
