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[ee-jis]
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


3. patronage.

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Aegis is always a great word to know.
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an Ethiopian princess, the daughter of Cassiopeia and wife of Perseus, by whom she had been rescued from a sea monster
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea or any of their sisters of these, all with enormous strength and power
Example Sentences
  • 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.
  • Under her aegis, property taxes have risen steadily.
  • Under the aegis of global warming.
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aegis or sometimes (US) egis (ˈiːdʒɪs)
 
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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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
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a gorgon's head, and fringed with snakes.
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AEGIS definition

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.
(1997-02-25)

Aegis definition

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 (http://aegis.sourceforge.net/).
(2005-03-24)

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AEGIS
AIDS Education Global Information System
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