aegis
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dʒɪs 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; < Latin < Greek aigís shield of Zeus or Athena, probably from aig- (stem of aíx goat) + -is noun suffix, from a type of shield made of goatskin
1695–1705; < Latin < Greek aigís shield of Zeus or Athena, probably from aig- (stem of aíx goat) + -is noun suffix, from a type of shield made of goatskin
Synonyms
3. patronage.
3. patronage.
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| suggestive of a western people believed to dwell in perpetual darkness |
| a monster that had the head of a bull on the body of a man housed in the Cretan Labyrinth, it was fed on human flesh until Theseus killed it |
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aegis or sometimes (US) egis (ˈiːdʒɪs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | sponsorship or protection; auspices (esp in the phrase under the aegis of) |
| 2. | Greek myth the shield of Zeus, often represented in art as a goatskin |
| [C18: from Latin, from Greek aigis shield of Zeus, perhaps related to aig-, stem of aix goat] | |
| egis or sometimes (US) egis | |
| —n | |
| [C18: from Latin, from Greek aigis shield of Zeus, perhaps related to aig-, stem of aix goat] | |
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Word Origin & History
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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Computing Dictionary
AEGIS definition
operating systemA 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.
(1997-02-25)
Aegis definition
programming, toolA 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 (http://aegis.sourceforge.net/).
(2005-03-24)
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| AEGIS AIDS Education Global Information System |
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Example sentences
They operate on the streets in almost every state and city in our country and do a lot under the aegis of multiculturalism.
There's a huge array of smaller programs underneath Falcon's aegis.
If you can't avoid them, the most direct form of protection is to put yourself under the aegis of someone the bully does fear.
Aides said he thought it was a breathtaking act of insubordination by a university that was technically under his aegis.
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