Feminine

égida

Meaning

  1. (Greek, Roman, feminine) aegis
  2. (feminine, literary) aegis, protection, backing
  3. (feminine, literary) shield

Hyphenated as
é‧gi‧da
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈexida/
Etymology

From Latin aegidem, from Ancient Greek αἰγίς (aigís, “goatskin”) (from which the shield of Athena was made, and thus the sense “protection, shield”), from αἴξ (aíx, “goat”). First attested in 1589.

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