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Webster 1913 Edition

Aetites

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Aˊë-ti′tes

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Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] (sc. [GREEK]) stone, fr. [GREEK] eagle.]
See
Eaglestone
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Definition 2024

aetites

aetites

English

Noun

aetites

  1. An eaglestone. [from 15th c.]
    • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 184:
      On such analogous reasoning it is not difficult to see why the aetites stone, with another rattling inside it, should have been thought helpful to a pregnant woman.

Translations

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman aetite, aetites, Middle French aetite, and their source, Latin (lapis) āetītēs ‎(“eagle (stone)”), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek ἀετίτης (λίθος) ‎(aetítēs (líthos), “eagle (stone)”), from ἀετός ‎(aetós, “eagle”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /iːˈtaɪtiːz/
  • (US) IPA(key): /iˈtaɪdiz/

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