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|lshtext=<b>Gorgo</b>: ŏnis, or -gūs (also Gorgŏ-na, ae, Prud. στεφ. 10, 278), f., = [[Γοργώ]]>,<br /><b>I</b> a [[daughter]] of [[Phorcus]], called [[Medusa]], whose [[hair]] consisted of snakes, and [[who]] turned all she looked [[upon]] to [[stone]]; she [[was]] killed by [[Perseus]]. Her [[head]] [[was]] [[fixed]] on the [[shield]] of [[Pallas]], and from her [[blood]] sprang the [[winged]] [[horse]] [[Pegasus]], Ov. M. 4, 699; 5, 180; 202; Verg. A. 2, 616; 8, 438; Val. Fl. 3, 54; Mart. 9, 26, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124.—In apposition: ora Medusae Gorgonis anguineis cincta fuisse [[comis]], Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 12.— Plur., the Gorgons, the [[three]] daughters of [[Phorcus]], [[Stheno]], Euryale, and [[Medusa]], all of whom are described as [[above]], Verg. A. 6, 289; Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 200; Mart. 10, 4, 9. —<br /><b>II</b> Derivv.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Gorgŏnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Gorgon]], Gorgonian: crines, Ov. M. 4, 801; 5, 196: [[domus]], the [[dwelling]] of [[Gorgon]], id. ib. 4, 779: [[ignis]], id. A. A. 3, 504: venena, i. e. [[snaky]] [[hair]] [[like]] [[that]] of [[Gorgon]], Verg. A. 7, 341: [[equus]], i. e. [[Pegasus]], Ov. F. 3, 450; Stat. Th. 4, 61: [[caballus]], the [[same]], Juv. 3, 118.—Hence also: [[lacus]], the [[fountain]] [[Hippocrene]], on Mount [[Helicon]], [[which]] [[burst]] [[forth]] [[where]] [[Pegasus]] struck the [[ground]] [[with]] his [[hoof]], Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 32.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Gorgŏnĭa, ae, f., coral ([[which]] hardens in the [[air]]), Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 164.