Egis

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of aegis. alt-of, alternative, rare

    "In her right hand Minerva bore a beaming lance, and in her left a buckler, called the Egis. The Egis of Minerva had embossed upon it the head of Medusa."

  2. 2
    armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass wordnet

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aegisbreastplatebreastplate

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"In her right hand Minerva bore a beaming lance, and in her left a buckler, called the Egis. The Egis of Minerva had embossed upon it the head of Medusa."

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