Definition of Aegates

1. Noun. A group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Aegates

Adzharia
Adélie Land
Aeby's plane
Aedes aegypti
Aedes albopictus
Aedes caballus
Aedes leucocelaenus
Aedes polynesiensis
Aedes scapularis
Aedes sollicitans
Aedes variegatus
Aegadean Islands
Aegadean Isles
Aegadian Islands
Aegates
Aegates Isles
Aegean
Aegean Sea
Aegean civilisation
Aegean civilization
Aegean culture
Aegean island
Aegeans
Aegen
Aegenbald
Aegenwulf
Aegiceras
Aegiceras majus
Aegidius

Literary usage of Aegates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Rome to the Battle of Actium by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh (1894)
"... more build a fleet (243)—Great victory of LUTATIUS at the aegates islands (loth March)—Peace is concluded, and the Carthaginians evacuate Sicily (241). ..."

2. A New Second Latin Book by Frank Justus Miller, Charles Henry Beeson, Harry Fletcher Scott (1916)
"THE aegates ISLANDS The decisive event of this war was the battle off the aegates Islands in 241 BCC ..."

3. Second Latin Book by Frank Justus Miller (1902)
"... ISLANDS The decisive event of this war was the battle off the aegates Islands in 241 BcC ... aegates ..."

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