- αἰγίς
- αἰγίς, ίδος, ἡ, (αῐξ, cf. νεβρίς):I goatskin, worn as a dress, Hdt. 4.189, E.Cyc.360 (lyr.); hence,2 esp. the skin shield of Zeus, Il.5.738, al.; lent by him to Athena, 2.447, al.; to Apollo, 15.318, al.; later, with fringe of snakes and Gorgon's head, the aegis of Athena, A.Eu.404, etc.3 dress worn by priestess of Athena, Lycurg. Fr.23.4 ornamentworn on the breast, Poll.5.100.5 cuirass ([dialect] Lacon.), Nymphod.22.II rushing storm, hurricane, terrible as the shaken aegis, A.Ch.593 (lyr.), Pherecr.117, Aristid.1.487 J., Lib. Or.18.268.III heart-wood of the Corsican pine, Thphr. HP 3.9.3; in Arcadia also that of the silver-fir, ib.8; cf.
Ἐφ. Ἀρχ. 1895.59
([place name] Eleusis).IV speck in the eye, Hp.Coac.214, Prorrh.2.20.
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