Aegides

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Αἰγείδης (Aigeídēs), from Αἰγεύς (Aigeús) + -ίδης (-ídēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈɡiː.deːs/, [äe̯ˈɡiːd̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈd͡ʒi.des/, [eˈd͡ʒiːd̪es]

Proper noun

Aegīdēs m (genitive Aegīdae); first declension

1. A patronymic for male descendants of Aegeus, particularly:
   1. Theseus (son of Aegeus, king and founder of Athens)

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Aegīdēs	Aegīdae
Genitive	Aegīdae	Aegīdārum
Dative	Aegīdae	Aegīdīs
Accusative	Aegīdēn	Aegīdās
Ablative	Aegīdē	Aegīdīs
Vocative	Aegīdē	Aegīdae

Related terms

• Aegeus

References

• “Aegides”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press