English Explanatory Dictionary

Aegle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The goddess/personification of good health and the glow of health, one of the daughters of Asclepius.
  2. 96 Aegle, one of the main belt asteroids.

Word forms

Aegle

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Αἴγλη (Aíglē, literally “brightness, gleam, glow, radiance, splendour—usually referring to the past”).

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