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ae·gis

–noun

1.	Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.

2.	protection; support: under the imperial aegis.

3.	sponsorship; auspices: a debate under the aegis of the League of Women Voters.

Also, egis.

[Origin: 1695–1705; < L < Gk aigís shield of Zeus or Athena, prob. from aig- (s. of aíx goat) + -is n. suffix, from a type of shield made of goatskin

]

—Synonyms 3. patronage.

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ae·gis also e·gis Audio Help (ē'jĭs) Pronunciation Key
n.

Protection: a child whose welfare is now under the aegis of the courts.
Sponsorship; patronage: a concert held under the aegis of the parents' association.
Guidance, direction, or control: a music program developed under the aegis of the conductor.
Greek Mythology The goatskin shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena. Athena's shield carried at its center the head of Medusa.

[Latin, from Greek aigis, goatskin, skin shield, aegis, from aix, aig-, goat.]

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aegis

"protection," 1793, from L. ægis, from Gk. Aigis, the shield of Zeus, said by Herodotus to be related to aix (gen. aigos) "goat," from PIE *aig- "goat" (cf. Skt. ajah, Lith. ozys "he-goat"), as the shield was of goatskin. Athene's aigis was a short goat-skin cloak, covered with scales, set with a gorgon's head, and fringed with snakes.

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aegis
noun
1.	kindly endorsement and guidance; "the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council" [syn: auspices]
2.	armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass [syn: breastplate]

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AEGIS operating system
A Unix variant that was used on Apollo workstations before Apollo was bought by Hewlett Packard. AEGIS has some advantages over standard BSD or System V Unix. It includes faster file access and a richer command set; there are commands to find out which process is running on a particular node, which process is locking a particular file, etc.
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Aegis programming, tool
A CASE tool for project change management written by Peter Miller, with minor contributions by a few others. Aegis is licensed using the GNU GPL but is not a GNU project.
Aegis Home.
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AEgis

[AE]"gis\, n. [L. aegis, fr. Gr. ? a goat skin, a shield, ? goat, or fr. ? to rush.] A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protection.

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AEGIS
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