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aegis

aegis · f

The œgis

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Where it lives

Remedia Amoris 1 · 1.91/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.8/10k
de raptu Proserpinae 1 · 1.43/10k
Achilleis 1 · 1.39/10k
Hercules 1 · 1.31/10k
Argonautica 4 · 1.08/10k
Metamorphoses 8 · 1.03/10k
Punica 5 · 0.66/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k
Epistulae 1 · 0.39/10k
Epigrammata 2 · 0.36/10k
Thebais 2 · 0.32/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

aegis — Lewis & Short

aegis, ĭdis, f., = ai)gi/s, i/dos.

I The œgis.

A The shield of Jupiter, Verg. A. 8, 354; Sil. 12, 720.—

B The shield of Minerva, with Medusa's head, Verg. A. 8, 435: contra sonantem Palladis aegida, Hor. C. 3, 4, 57; so Ov. M. 2, 753; 6, 78 al.—Hence,

II Transf.

A A shield, defence.—So only Ovid of the jewelry by which maidens try to conceal their ugliness: decipit hac oculos aegide dives Amor, R. Am. 346.—

B In the larch-tree, the wood nearest the pith, Plin. 16, 39, 73, § 187.

In the wild

6 of 29 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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