† Goat Sean.Obsolete the Aegean Sea. [After post-classical Latin Aegaea aqua water of the Aegean Sea (see Aegeanadj.), by folk-etymological association of the first syllable with ancient Greek αἰγ-, αἴξ goat.]
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1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) ix. f. 117v Miletas swiftly past The Gotesea [L. Aegaeas..aquas].