aetites
English
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/
Noun
aetites
- 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.
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 184:
Translations
eaglestone — see eaglestone