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αἰγίς

aigis

storm wind

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1. αἰγίς · aigis — Beekes

αἰγίς [f.] “goatskin’ (E. Cyc., Hdt. 4, 189), a mantle protecting Zeus and Athena (I1.); later also ‘storm wind’ (A.); further ‘heart-wood of the Corsican pine or the silver fir in Arcadia’ (Thphr). Also ‘speck in the eye’ (Hp.), on which see » ayhin, 4GR> *DER αἰγίοχος epithet of Zeus (IL), cf. γαιάροχος. With the last mg. ἐπ-αιγίζω ‘rush upon’ (from a storm wind) (Hom). *ETYM Probably a goatskin in origin (thus … — [Beekes, s.v. αἰγίς, p. 79]

2. αἰγίς · aigis — LSJ

I goatskin

goatskin, worn as a dress, Hdt. 4.189, E. Cyc. 360 (lyr.); hence,

2 aegis

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

ornament worn on the breast, Poll. 5.100.

5 cuirass

cuirass (Lacon.), Nymphod. 22.

II rushing storm, hurricane

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

heart-wood of the Corsican pine, Thphr. HP 3.9.3; in Arcadia also that of the silver-fir, ib. 8; cf. Ἀρχ.Ἐφ. 1895.59 (Eleusis).

IV speck in the eye

speck in the eye, Hp. Coac. 214, Prorrh. 2.20.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. αἰγίς (scan pp. 79-80; entry #199).

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