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, published 2012, page 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

eaglestone — see eaglestone

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