αἰγίς,ίδος,ἡ, (αῐξ, cf.νεβρίς):
I. goatskin, worn as a dress, Hdt. 4.189 , E. Cyc. 360 (lyr.); hence,
2. 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, theaegisof Athena, A. Eu. 404 , etc.
3. dress worn by priestess of Athena, Lycurg. Fr. 23 .
4. ornamentworn on the breast, Poll. 5.100 .
5. cuirass( Lacon. ), Nymphod. 22 .
II. rushing storm, hurricane, terrible as the shaken aegis, A. Ch. 593 (lyr.), Pherecr. 117 , Aristid. 1.487
J. , Lib. Or. 18.268 .
III. heart-woodof the Corsican pine, Thphr. HP 3.9.3 ; in Arcadia also that of the silver-fir, ib. 8 ; cf. Ἐφ. Ἀρχ.
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(Eleusis).
IV. speck in the eye, Hp. Coac. 214 , Prorrh. 2.20 .