Aegaeus, a, um, adj.,
Aegean; hence, Mărĕ Aegaeum (Αἰγαῖον πέλαγος, τό, or πόντος Αἰγαῖος, ὁ, Xen. Oec. 20, 27), the Aegean Sea , extending eastwards from the coast of Greece to Asia Minor , now called the Archipelago , and by the Turks the White Sea , to distinguish it from the Black Sea: insula Delos in Aegaeo mari posita, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18.—In the poets also absol. : Aegaeum , i, n., for Aegaeum mare: in patenti Aegaeo, Hor. C. 2, 16, 1; Pers. 5, 142; cf. Burm. Prop. 3, 5, 51. [The etymol. was unknown even to the ancients. Acc. to some, from Aegeus, father of Theseus, who threw himself into this sea; acc. to Varr. L. L. 6, 2 fin. , from αἶγες, goats, since the sea, from the many islands rising out of it, resembled a flock of goats; Strabo derives the name from Aegaeae, a town in Euboea.]—Hence, adj.: Aegaeus , a, um, pertaining to the Aegean Sea : gurges, Cic. Arat. 422: tumultus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 63: Neptunus, Verg. A. 3, 74: Cyclades, which lie in it, Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 8: Venus, since she was said to have sprung from the Aegean Sea, Stat. Th. 8, 478.