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English

Noun

aegid (plural aegids)

1. (zoology) Any of the isopods in the family Aegidae.

Anagrams

• Adige

Manx

Etymology

aeg +? -id

Noun

aegid m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. youth, adolescence
2. immaturity
3. young people

Synonyms

• (immaturity): anappeeid, anappeeys, neuappeeid, neuappeeys

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)