I. goatskin, worn as a dress, Hdt. 4.189, E.Cyc.360 (lyr.); hence,
2. esp. the skin shield of Zeus, Il.5.738, al.; lent by him to Athena, 2.447, al.; to Apollo, 15.318, al.; later, with fringe of snakes and Gorgon's head, the aegis of Athena, A.Eu.404, etc.
3. dress worn by priestess of Athena, Lycurg. Fr.23.
4. ornamentworn on the breast, Poll.5.100.
5. cuirass (Lacon.), Nymphod.22.
II. rushing storm, hurricane, terrible as the shaken aegis, A.Ch.593 (lyr.), Pherecr.117, Aristid.1.487 J., Lib. Or.18.268.
III. heart-wood of the Corsican pine, Thphr. HP 3.9.3; in Arcadia also that of the silver-fir, ib.8; cf. “Ἐφ. Ἀρχ.” 1895.59 (Eleusis).
IV. speck in the eye, Hp.Coac.214, Prorrh.2.20.