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Is petasus a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word petasus is a Scrabble US word. The word petasus is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is petasus a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word petasus is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

P3E1T1A1S1U1S1

Is petasus a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word petasus is a Words With Friends word. The word petasus is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

PETASUS,

6-letter words (13 found)

PASTES,PAUSES,SAUTES,SETUPS,SPATES,SPEATS,STAPES,STUPAS,STUPES,TAUPES,UPASES,UPSETS,UTASES,

5-letter words (40 found)

APSES,ASSET,EASTS,PASES,PASSE,PASTE,PASTS,PATES,PATUS,PAUSE,PEATS,PESTS,PUSES,SATES,SAUTE,SAUTS,SEATS,SEPTA,SEPTS,SETUP,SPAES,SPATE,SPATS,SPEAT,SPETS,SPUES,SPUTA,STAPS,STEPS,STUPA,STUPE,SUETS,SUPES,TAPES,TAPUS,TASES,TASSE,TAUPE,TEPAS,UPSET,

4-letter words (58 found)

APES,APSE,APTS,ASPS,ATES,EAST,EATS,EAUS,ESTS,ETAS,PASE,PASS,PAST,PATE,PATS,PATU,PEAS,PEAT,PEST,PETS,PSST,PUSS,PUTS,SAPS,SATE,SAUT,SEAS,SEAT,SEPS,SEPT,SETA,SETS,SPAE,SPAS,SPAT,SPET,SPUE,STAP,STEP,SUES,SUET,SUPE,SUPS,TAES,TAPE,TAPS,TAPU,TASE,TASS,TAUS,TEAS,TEPA,TUPS,UPAS,UPTA,USES,UTAS,UTES,

3-letter words (43 found)

APE,APT,ASP,ASS,ATE,ATS,AUE,EAS,EAT,EAU,ESS,EST,ETA,PAS,PAT,PEA,PES,PET,PST,PUS,PUT,SAE,SAP,SAT,SAU,SEA,SET,SPA,SUE,SUP,SUS,TAE,TAP,TAS,TAU,TEA,TES,TUP,UPS,USE,UTA,UTE,UTS,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AS,AT,EA,ES,ET,PA,PE,ST,TA,TE,UP,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 170 words from petasus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of petasus

petasus

Alternative forms

  • petasos

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin petasus, and its source, Koine Greek πέτασος (pétasos), from Ancient Greek πεταννύναι (petannúnai, “to spread out”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɛtəsəs/

Noun

petasus (plural petasi)

  1. (historical) A broad-brimmed, low-crowned hat worn by the Ancient Greeks and Romans, especially for travelling, and as often pictured to be worn by Hermes (or Mercury); (later also) the brimless winged cap worn by Hermes in later artistic depictions. [from 16th c.]

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέτασος (pétasos).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ta.sus/, [ˈpɛt̪äs̠ʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ta.sus/, [ˈpɛːt̪äs̬us]

Noun

petasus m (genitive petasī); second declension

  1. a travelling hat or cap with a broad brim
  2. (architecture) something in the shape of a cap, placed on a building; a cap, cupola

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

  • French: pétase
  • Italian: petaso

References

  • “petasus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • petasus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “petasus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “petasus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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