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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æd.v?.k?.si/

Noun

advocacy (countable and uncountable, plural advocacies)

1. the profession of an advocate
2. the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting someone or something
3. the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aegis, from Ancient Greek ????? (aigís, “goatskin; shield of Athena”), probably from ??? (aíx, “goat”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ey?- (“goat”).

The plural form aegides (IPA^(key): /?i?d???di?z/) is borrowed from Latin aegides, from Ancient Greek ???????? (aigídes).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?i?d??s/
• Hyphenation: ae?gis

Noun

aegis (plural aegises or aegides)

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena (and their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) shown as a short cloak made of goatskin worn on the shoulders, more as an emblem of power and protection than a military shield. The aegis of Athena or Minerva is usually shown with a border of snakes and with the head of Medusa in the center. [from early 17th c.]
2. (figuratively) Usually as under the aegis: guidance, protection; endorsement, sponsorship.

   Synonyms: auspices, protection, patronage

Alternative forms

• ægis
• egis (rare)

Related terms

• Aegis cruiser

Translations

Further reading

• aegis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• aegis (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Saige

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ?????? (aigís).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ae?.?is/, [?äe???s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?e.d??is/, [???d??is]

Noun

aegis f (genitive aegidos or aegidis); third declension

1. the aegis
   1. of Zeus or Jupiter
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   2. of Athena or Minerva
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2. (transferred senses):
   1. a shield, a defence
      1. (in the writings of Ovid) the jewelry by which maidens try to conceal their ugliness
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   2. the heartwood of the larch
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Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type).

¹In poetry.

Derived terms

• aegisonus

Related terms

Descendants

References

• aegis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aegis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ægis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 72/1
• aegis in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[1]
• aegis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aegis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• “aegis” on page 63/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)