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aegis (noun F) : αἰγίς, ίδος.
* The oegis.
* The shield of Jupiter, Verg. A. 8, 354; Sil. 12, 720.
* 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.
* The oegis.
* The shield of Jupiter, Verg. A. 8, 354; Sil. 12, 720.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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