αι60Αἰγίς
garment; net; web; cuirass; wood-grain
[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] the sacred aigis used to visit…
Αἰγίς· τὸ ἐκ τῶν στεμμάτων πλέγμα καὶ τὸ διὰ στεμμάτων πεπλεγμένον δίκτυον. ὡς Λυκοῦργος καὶ Ἡρόδοτος. ἡ δὲ ἱέρεια Ἀθήνησι τὴν ἱερὰν αἰγίδα φέρουσα πρὸς τὰς νεογάμους εἰσήρχετο.…
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