Lewis & Short

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aegis, ĭdis, f., = αἰγίς, ίδος.

  1. I. The œgis.
    1. A. The shield of Jupiter, Verg. A. 8, 354; Sil. 12, 720.
    2. B. The shield of Minerva, with Medusa’s head, Verg. A. 8, 435: contra sonantem Palladis aegida, Hor. C. 3, 4, 57; so Ov. M. 2, 753; 6, 78 al.
      Hence,
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A shield, defence.
      So only Ovid of the jewelry by which maidens try to conceal their ugliness: decipit hac oculos aegide dives Amor, R. Am. 346.
    2. B. In the larch-tree, the wood nearest the pith, Plin. 16, 39, 73, § 187.