αἰγίς
Third declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
αἰγίς
αἰγίδος
Structure:
αἰγιδ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- the aegis, a shield of Zeus or cloak of Athena
- a goat-skin coat
Declension
Third declension
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.
- ἐπεὶ νέοσ γε ἔτι καὶ ὀξύθυμοσ ὢν καὶ ἀκμαῖοσ τὴν ὀργὴν πολλὰ κατὰ τῶν ἀδίκων καὶ βιαίων ἐποίεισ καὶ οὐδέποτε ἦγεσ τότε πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ ἐκεχειρίαν, ἀλλ’ ἀεὶ ἐνεργὸσ πάντωσ ὁ κεραυνὸσ ἦν καὶ ἡ αἰγὶσ ἐπεσείετο καὶ ἡ βροντὴ ἐπαταγεῖτο καὶ ἡ ἀστραπὴ συνεχὲσ ὥσπερ εἰσ ἀκροβολισμὸν προηκοντίζετο· (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 3:1)
- "αἰγίσ τε ὁμοίωσ χρυσῆ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 31 3:15)
- ἐπὶ δὲ τοῦ Νοτίου καλουμένου τείχουσ, ὃ τῆσ ἀκροπόλεωσ ἐσ τὸ θέατρόν ἐστι τετραμμένον, ἐπὶ τούτου Μεδούσησ τῆσ Γοργόνοσ ἐπίχρυσοσ ἀνάκειται κεφαλή, καὶ περὶ αὐτὴν αἰγὶσ πεποίηται. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 21 4:2)
- ἐν δὲ Ὀλυμπίᾳ παραπέτασμα ἐρεοῦν κεκοσμημένον ὑφάσμασιν Ἀσσυρίοισ καὶ βαφῇ πορφύρασ τῆσ Φοινίκων ἀνέθηκεν Ἀντίοχοσ, οὗ δὴ καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ θεάτρου τοῦ Ἀθήνῃσιν ἡ αἰγὶσ ἡ χρυσῆ καὶ ἐπ’ αὐτῆσ ἡ Γοργώ ἐστιν ἀναθήματα. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 12 7:1)
- κεραυνὸσ γὰρ καὶ αἰγὶσ καὶ τρίαινα καὶ λαμπάδεσ καὶ δράκοντεσ καὶ θυρσόλογχα τῶν θεῶν ὅπλα μῦθοι καὶ πᾶσα θεολογία ἀρχαϊκή· (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 2 16:19)
Synonyms
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a goat-skin coat
