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αἰγίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἰγίς αἰγίδος

Structure: αἰγιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ai)/c

Sense

  1. the aegis, a shield of Zeus or cloak of Athena
  2. a goat-skin coat

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative αἰγίς αἰγίδε αἰγίδες
Genitive αἰγίδος αἰγίδοιν αἰγίδων
Dative αἰγίδι αἰγίδοιν αἰγίσιν*
Accusative αἰγίδα αἰγίδε αἰγίδας
Vocative αἰγί αἰγίδε αἰγίδες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • μεθ’ ἃσ χορὸσ ἐπόμπευσεν ἀνδρῶν ἑξακοσίων ἐν οἷσ κιθαρισταὶ συνεφώνουν τριακόσιοι, ἐπιχρύσουσ ἔχοντεσ ὅλασ κιθάρασ καὶ στεφάνουσ χρυσοῦσ, μεθ’ οὓσ ταῦροι διῆλθον δισχίλιοι ὁμοιοχρώματοι χρυσόκερῳ, προμετωπίδασ χρυσᾶσ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον στεφάνουσ ὁρ́μουσ τε καὶ αἰγίδασ πρὸ τῶν στηθῶν ἔχοντεσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 31 3:2)
  • τὴν δὲ ἄρα ἐσθῆτα καὶ τὰσ αἰγίδασ τῶν ἀγαλμάτων τῆσ Ἀθηναίησ ἐκ τῶν Λιβυσσέων ἐποιήσαντο οἱ Ἕλληνεσ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 189 1:1)
  • αἰγέασ γὰρ περιβάλλονται ψιλὰσ περὶ τὴν ἐσθῆτα θυσανωτὰσ αἱ Λίβυσσαι κεχριμένασ ἐρευθεδάνῳ, ἐκ δὲ τῶν αἰγέων τουτέων αἰγίδασ οἱ Ἕλληνεσ μετωνόμασαν. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 189 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. a goat-skin coat

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