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LNS

aegis, aegidis

aegis

αἰγίς, ίδος

noun (f., 3^rd Greek declension)

The aegis
The shield of Jupiter
The shield of Minerva, with Medusa's head
A shield, defence
the wood nearest the pith

Abbreviations

aegis, idis, f., = αἰγίς, ίδος. The aegis. The shield of Jupiter, Verg. A. 8, 354; Sil. 12, 720.

— 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, Transf. 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.

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