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ἀετός

I. "an eagle", Hom., etc.:—proverb., ἀετὸς ἐν νεφέλαισι, of a thing quite out of reach, Ar.

2. "an eagle as a standard", of the Persians, Xen.; of the Romans, Plut.

II. in architecture, "the pediment" of a temple, Ar.