aego-, aeg-; ego-, eg- +

The wild goat, Capra aegagrus, is a widespread species of goat, with a distribution ranging from Europe and Asia Minor to central Asia and the Middle East.

In Greek mythology, a king of Athens and the father of Theseus.

Believing his son to be dead, he threw himself into the Aegean sea (said to have been named Aegean after him). Possibly derived from aig-, the stem of aix, "goat".

Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls.

1. Goat grass.
2. An ulcer in the inner corner of the eye; literally, "goat in the eye".

Although the name Aegina hints at a goat-nymph; such as, was Cretan Amalthea, she was given a mainland identity as the daughter of the river-god Asopus and the nymph Metope.

Aegina was a figure of Greek mythology, the nymph of the island that bears her name, "Aegina", lying in the Saronic Gulf between Attica and the Peloponnesos of Greece.

1. A shield, or defensive armor; applied in ancient mythology to that of Jupiter or Minerva.
2. A protection, or impregnable defense.

Frequently in senses of being auspices, control, etc.; especially in phrases, "under the aegis (of)".

From Greek aigis, and then from Latin aegis, "the shield of Zeus", said to be made of goatskin, and therefore popularly derived from aig-, the stem of aix-, goat.

"Zeus, who was the supreme deity of the Greeks, was suckled in infancy by a goat named Amalthaea, whose skin was subsequently used to cover the great shield of Zeus. Since this shield was the symbol of the power of the greatest of the gods, a person who acted 'under the aegis' was one who had the omnipotent power of the gods supporting him."

Increased vocal resonance with a high-pitched bleating quality of the transmitted voice, detected by auscultation of the lungs, especially over lung tissue compressed by pleural effusion.

1. A peculiar broken quality of voice sounds, like the bleating of a goat, heard about the upper level of the fluid in cases of pleurisy with effusion.
2. Also known as capriloquism, tragophonia, and tragophony.
From Greek aig-, aix, "goat" plus -phony; more at aegis.

An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf.

A peculiar broken quality of the voice sounds; such as, the bleating of a goat, heard around the upper level of the fluid in cases of pleurisy with effusion.