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‖ ægis|ˈiːdʒɪs|
[L. ægis, a. Gr. αἰγίς, of uncert. etym.; see Liddell and Scott, s.v.]
1. A shield, or defensive armour; applied in ancient mythology to that of Jupiter or Minerva.
1704Rowe Ulysses iii. i. 1128 She [Pallas] shakes her dreadful ægis from the Clouds. 1760Home Siege of Aquileia iv, His adamantine ægis Jove extends. 1812Byron Ch. Har. ii. xiv, Where was thine ægis, Pallas, that appalled Stern Alaric?
2. fig. A protection, or impregnable defence. Now freq. in senses ‘auspices, control, etc.’, esp. in phr. under the ægis (of).
1793Holcroft Lavater's Physiog. xxix. 137 Feeling is the ægis of enthusiasts and fools. 1836Thirlwall Greece III. xviii. 83 They were sheltered by the ægis of the laws. 1865Lecky Rationalism (1878) II. 323 He cast over them the ægis of his own mighty name. 1910Encycl. Brit. III. 936/2 Under the aegis of the Billiard Association a tacit understanding was arrived at that the position must be broken up, should it occur. 1958P. Gammond Duke Ellington i. 18 They make their valuable individual contributions, but under the Ellington aegis they find themselves constantly enriched musically. 1963B.S.I. News May 14/2 These basic criteria and recognized methods of assessment, drawn up under the aegis of BSI.
3. attrib. and Comb., ægis-bearing, ægis-orb.
1793Wordsworth Even. Walk 69 The broadening sun appears; A long blue bar its ægis orb divides. 1877Bryant Odyss. v. 128 The purposes Of ægis-bearing Jove. |