Noun: égida
Gender: f
Hyphenation: é‧gi‧da
| Singular f | égida |
| Plural f | égidas |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like égida
enlatadora,
gencianilla,
paletada,
interneurona,
palestra,
quinacridona,
uridina,
bacinilla,
sopaipilla,
histerectomía,
desaveniencia,
baicaleína,
mesanina,
delicatessen,
hipertrigliceridemia,
teleasistencia,
sequía,
serifa,
seroja,
sesera, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin aegidem, from Ancient Greek αἰγίς (aigís, “goatskin”) (from which the shield of Athena was made, and thus the sense “protection, shield”), from αἴξ (aíx, “goat”). First attested in 1589. See: Latin Nouns '
aegis', Ancient Greek Nouns '
αἰγίς'.
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