Aegidius

From Late Latin Aegīdius, from Ancient Greek Αἰγιδιός (Aigidiós, “kid skin”) (sometimes interpreted as “the protecting”).

Aegidius

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical usage.

• modern given name: Giles

• Ægīdius

Probably derived from aegis (“shield”), from Ancient Greek αἰγίς (aigís, “goatskin”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈɡiː.di.us/, [äe̯ˈɡiːd̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈd͡ʒi.di.us/, [eˈd͡ʒiːd̪ius]

Aegīdius m sg (genitive Aegīdiī or Aegīdī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) a male given name, equivalent to English Giles

Second-declension noun, singular only.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

• French: Gilles
  • → Dutch: Gilles
    • → North Frisian: Jilles
  • → English: Giles
  • → Catalan: Gil
  • → Galician: Xil
  • → Portuguese: Gil
  • → German: Gilgen
    • → Czech: Jiljí
• → Italian: Egidio
• → Spanish: Egidio
• → Portuguese: Egídio
• → French: Égide
• → English: Aegidius
• → German: Ägidius
• → Polish: Idzi
• → Dutch: Gielen
• → Dutch: Giel