"αἰγίς" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /ai̯.ɡís/, /ɛˈʝis/, /eˈʝis/, /ai̯.ɡís/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ɛˈɡis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ɛˈʝis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /eˈʝis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /eˈʝis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Either from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyg- (“to stir, set in motion”) or from αἴξ (aíx, “goat”), as in a goat-skin shield. Has also been connected to ἀΐσσω (aḯssō, “to move violently”) and Sanskrit एजति (éjati, “to tremble, shake”). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro|*h₂eyg-||to stir, set in motion}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyg- (“to stir, set in motion”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|αἰγῐ́δος|f|third|head=αἰγῐ́ς}} αἰγῐ́ς • (aigís) f (genitive αἰγῐ́δος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|αἰγῐ́ς|αἰγῐ́δος}} Forms: αἰγῐ́ς [canonical], aigís [romanization], αἰγῐ́δος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ αἰγῐ́ς [nominative, singular], τὼ αἰγῐ́δε [dual, nominative], αἱ αἰγῐ́δες [nominative, plural], τῆς αἰγῐ́δος [genitive, singular], τοῖν αἰγῐ́δοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν αἰγῐ́δων [genitive, plural], τῇ αἰγῐ́δῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν αἰγῐ́δοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς αἰγῐ́σῐ [dative, plural], αἰγῐ́σῐν [dative, plural], taîs aigísi [dative, plural], taîs aigísin [dative, plural], τὴν αἰγῐ́δᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ αἰγῐ́δε [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς αἰγῐ́δᾰς [accusative, plural], αἰγῐ́ς [singular, vocative], αἰγῐ́δε [dual, vocative], αἰγῐ́δες [plural, vocative]
  1. (Greek mythology) the aegis; a shield of Zeus or cloak of Athena Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology, Eye
    Sense id: en-αἰγίς-grc-noun-bWAWWKlf Disambiguation of Eye: 22 22 15 21 19 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 42 42 7 5 2 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 40 40 6 8 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 28 18 17 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 30 20 14 6 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. (Greek mythology) the aegis; a shield of Zeus or cloak of Athena
    a goat-skin coat
    Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology, Eye
    Sense id: en-αἰγίς-grc-noun-hMY8hZYK Disambiguation of Eye: 22 22 15 21 19 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 42 42 7 5 2 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 40 40 6 8 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 28 18 17 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 30 20 14 6 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  3. a rushing storm, hurricane Categories (topical): Eye, Weather
    Sense id: en-αἰγίς-grc-noun-Uf0RwvIy Disambiguation of Eye: 22 22 15 21 19 Disambiguation of Weather: 0 0 100 0 0 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 28 18 17 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 30 20 14 6
  4. a yellow kernel in the pith of the pine Categories (topical): Eye
    Sense id: en-αἰγίς-grc-noun-quwdF6S2 Disambiguation of Eye: 22 22 15 21 19 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 28 18 17 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 30 20 14 6
  5. a speck in the eye Categories (topical): Eye
    Sense id: en-αἰγίς-grc-noun-MvSU8aiY Disambiguation of Eye: 22 22 15 21 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: αἰγίοχος (aigíokhos), κᾰταιγῐ́ς (kataigís)

Inflected forms

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      "text": "Latin: aegis\nCatalan: ègida\nEnglish: aegis\nFrench: égide\nGerman: → Ägis, → Ägide\n→ Ukrainian: егі́да (ehída)\nItalian: egida\n→ Polish: egida\nPortuguese: égide\nRomanian: egidă\nRussian: эги́да (egída)\nSicilian: èggida\nSpanish: égida"
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    {
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      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɛˈʝis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
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    {
      "ipa": "/eˈʝis/",
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    {
      "ipa": "/eˈʝis/",
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    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Eye",
    "grc:Weather"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "aigíokhos",
      "word": "αἰγίοχος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kataigís",
      "word": "κᾰταιγῐ́ς"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "αιγίδα",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: αιγίδα f (aigída)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: αιγίδα f (aigída)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "aegis"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: aegis\nCatalan: ègida\nEnglish: aegis\nFrench: égide\nGerman: → Ägis, → Ägide\n→ Ukrainian: егі́да (ehída)\nItalian: egida\n→ Polish: egida\nPortuguese: égide\nRomanian: egidă\nRussian: эги́да (egída)\nSicilian: èggida\nSpanish: égida",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: aegis\nCatalan: ègida\nEnglish: aegis\nFrench: égide\nGerman: → Ägis, → Ägide\n→ Ukrainian: егі́да (ehída)\nItalian: egida\n→ Polish: egida\nPortuguese: égide\nRomanian: egidă\nRussian: эги́да (egída)\nSicilian: èggida\nSpanish: égida"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂eyg-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to stir, set in motion"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyg- (“to stir, set in motion”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Either from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyg- (“to stir, set in motion”) or from αἴξ (aíx, “goat”), as in a goat-skin shield. Has also been connected to ἀΐσσω (aḯssō, “to move violently”) and Sanskrit एजति (éjati, “to tremble, shake”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "αἰγῐ́ς",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aigís",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἰγῐ́δος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ αἰγῐ́ς",
      "roman": "hē aigís",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ αἰγῐ́δε",
      "roman": "tṑ aigíde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ αἰγῐ́δες",
      "roman": "hai aigídes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς αἰγῐ́δος",
      "roman": "tês aigídos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν αἰγῐ́δοιν",
      "roman": "toîn aigídoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν αἰγῐ́δων",
      "roman": "tôn aigídōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ αἰγῐ́δῐ",
      "roman": "têi aigídi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν αἰγῐ́δοιν",
      "roman": "toîn aigídoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς αἰγῐ́σῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἰγῐ́σῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs aigísi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs aigísin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν αἰγῐ́δᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn aigída",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ αἰγῐ́δε",
      "roman": "tṑ aigíde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς αἰγῐ́δᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s aigídas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἰγῐ́ς",
      "roman": "aigís",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἰγῐ́δε",
      "roman": "aigíde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἰγῐ́δες",
      "roman": "aigídes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "αἰγῐ́δος",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "αἰγῐ́ς"
      },
      "expansion": "αἰγῐ́ς • (aigís) f (genitive αἰγῐ́δος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "αἰγῐ́ς",
        "2": "αἰγῐ́δος"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Greek mythology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.738"
        },
        {
          "text": "458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 404"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.189"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the aegis; a shield of Zeus or cloak of Athena"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Greek",
          "Greek"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "aegis",
          "aegis"
        ],
        [
          "shield",
          "shield"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Greek mythology) the aegis; a shield of Zeus or cloak of Athena"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Greek"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Greek mythology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Cyclops 360"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the aegis; a shield of Zeus or cloak of Athena",
        "a goat-skin coat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Greek",
          "Greek"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "aegis",
          "aegis"
        ],
        [
          "shield",
          "shield"
        ],
        [
          "coat",
          "coat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Greek mythology) the aegis; a shield of Zeus or cloak of Athena",
        "a goat-skin coat"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Greek"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers 592"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a rushing storm, hurricane"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "storm",
          "storm"
        ],
        [
          "hurricane",
          "hurricane"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 3.9.3"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a yellow kernel in the pith of the pine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kernel",
          "kernel"
        ],
        [
          "pith",
          "pith"
        ],
        [
          "pine",
          "pine"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, The Coan Praenotions 214"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a speck in the eye"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "speck",
          "speck"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ai̯.ɡís/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛˈʝis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈʝis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai̯.ɡís/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛˈɡis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛˈʝis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈʝis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈʝis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "αἰγίς"
}

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