Αἰγίς
garment; net; web; cuirass; wood-grain
Translated by Alina Kelman17 May 2002Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the [thing] plaited from garlands and the net that has been braided from garlands. So Lycurgus and Herodotus [sc. use the word].
The priestess in Athens carrying [or: wearing]1 the sacred aigis used to visit the [sc. houses of] newly-married women. So the saying is used in reference to those doing anything shameless.2
Also [sc. means] the cuirass; and the close-grained texture in pine-trees.3
Nymphodorus says that these things are called aigees by Libyans.4
The priestess in Athens carrying [or: wearing]1 the sacred aigis used to visit the [sc. houses of] newly-married women. So the saying is used in reference to those doing anything shameless.2
Also [sc. means] the cuirass; and the close-grained texture in pine-trees.3
Nymphodorus says that these things are called aigees by Libyans.4