- αἰγίς
- αἰγίςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `goatskin' (Il.), mantle, shield of Zeus and Athena. Later also `stormwind' (A.) Further `heart-wood of the Corsican pine or the silver-fir in Arcadia' (Thphr). Also `speck in the eye' (Hp.), on which s. ἀγλίη.Derivatives: αἰγίοχος epithet of Zeus (Il.), cf. γαιάϜοχος. But see Heubeck IF 68 (1963) 13-21: `schnell einherfahrend'. With the last meaning ἐπ-αιγίζω `rush upon' (from a stormwind) Hom.Origin: XX [etym. unknown] GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: Formation as νεβρίς etc.When shaken, gods and men are frightened. The meaning `stormwind' is unclear, but see Heubeck (above). - Prob. in origin a goatskin (thus Hdt. 4, 189). - Others connect Skt. éjati `move, set in motion'. (Kretschmer Glotta 27, 28, connected αἴγλη and αἶγες τὰ κύματα H.)Page in Frisk: 1,32
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.