Aetites
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /iËˈtaɪtiËz/
- US IPA: /iˈtaɪdiz/
Origin
From Anglo-Norman aetite, aetites, Middle French aetite, and their source, Latin (lapis) ÄetÄ«tÄ“s ("eagle (stone)"), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek ἀετίτης (λίθος) ("eagle (stone)"), from ἀετός ("eagle").
Full definition of aetites
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.