ἄρειος
καὶ τὸ σιγᾶν πολλάκις ἐστὶ σοφώτατον ἀνθρώπῳ νοῆσαι → and silence is often the wisest thing for a man to heed, and often is man's best wisdom to be silent, and often keeping silent is the wisest thing for a man to heed
German (Pape)
[Seite 348] ον, fem. ἀρεία Eur. Herc. far. 413; den Ares betreffend, ihm geweiht, kriegerisch; comp. ἀρειότερος bei Sp., wie Coluth. 66 Agath. 67 (XI, 376), = ἀρείων. Vgl. ἀρήιος.
English (Autenrieth)
(Ἄρης): martial, warlike; of men, Μενέλᾶος, Αἴᾶς, υἶες Ἀχαιῶν, etc.; also of weapons and armor (τεύχεα, ἔντεα); τεῖχος ἄρειον, ‘martial’ wall, Il. 4.407, Il. 15.736.
see ἀρήιος.
Greek Monolingual
ἄρειος, -ον κ. -α, -ον κ. ιων. ἀρήϊος, -η, -ον (Α) Άρης
1. αυτός που είναι αφιερωμένος στον Άρη, πολεμικός, φιλοπόλεμος
2. ως ουσ. πολεμιστής
3. φρ. «ἀρήϊοι ἀγῶνες» — πολεμικοί αγώνες σε αντίθεση με τους «γυμνικούς», τα αθλητικά αγωνίσματα.
Middle Liddell
Ἄρης
I. devoted to Ares, warlike, martial, Lat. Mavortius, Il., Hdt.
II. Ἄρειος πάγος, ὁ, the hill of Ares, Mars-hill, over against the west side of the Acropolis at Athens, Ἀρήϊος π Hdt.; also Ἄρεος πάγος (where Ἄρεος is gen. of Ἄρης), Soph., Eur. On it was held the highest judicial court, which took cognisance of murder and other capital crimes, Dem.
