aegis (Minerva's shield); shield, defense; wood nearest pith, heartwood
Latin word, found 35 times in the texts on Socratos.
Vergil, Aeneid 8.354: aegida concuteret dextra nimbosque cieret.
Ovid, Remedia amoris 346: Decipit hac oculos aegide dives Amor.
Ovid, Tristia 5.4.26: te vocat Aegiden Euryalumque suum.
All forms of aegis