Ἄρειος

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], ον, also α, ον E.HF413 (lyr.); Ion. Ἀρήϊος, η, ον; Aeol. Ἀρεύϊος Alc.Supp.1a.10: (Ἄρης):—

   A devoted to Ares, warlike, martial; in Hom., mostly of warriors, Μενέλαος Ἀρήιος Il.3.339, al.; Ἀρήϊοι υἷες Ἀχαιῶν 11.800, al.; of arms, Ἀρήϊα τεύχεα δύω 6.340, cf. 10.407; the Att. form only in the phrase τεῖχος Ἄρειον 4.407, al.; also in Hdt., ἀρήιοι ἀγῶνες conflicts in real war, opp. γυμνικοί, 9.33; ὅπλον ἀ. 4.23; of a man, as Subst., warrior, 6.98; Ἀθηνᾶ Ἀρεία OGI 229.70 (Smyrna), cf. IG12(5).913 (Tenos): Comp. ἀρειότερος (q.v.) Thgn.548 is prob. formed from ἀρείων, as χερειότερος from χερείων.    2 Ἄρειος (also Ἄρεος, Ἄρηος) , ὁ (sc. μήν), name of month in Thessaly, GDI1449, etc.    3 Ἄρειον πεδίον, = Campus Martius, D.H.7.59, Plu.Pomp.53 (also name of a plain in Thrace, Plb.13.10.7); τῶν τελῶν τὸ καλούμενον Ἄρειον, = legio Martia, App.BC3.45; Ἄρεια, τά, = ludi Martiales, D.C.56.46.    4 Ἄρειον, τό, = ξιφίον, Ps.-Dsc.4.20; = ἰσάτις, Id.2.184.    II = Ἄριος, Μάγοι καὶ πᾶν τὸ Ἄρειον γένος Dam.Pr.125.
Ἄρειος πάγος [πᾰ], ὁ,

   A the hill of Ares, at Athens, Ἀρήϊος π. Hdt.8.52, cf. A.Eu.685,690, etc.; ἡ βουλὴ ἡ ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου IG1.38a (prob.), 2.476.59, al., D.18.133, cf. Lys.26.12, Arist.Ath.4.4; ἡ ἐν Ἀ. πάγῳ βουλή D.20.157, Aeschin.1.81, Arist.Pol.1273b39; βουλή Ἀρεία IG3.824; εἰς τὸν Ἄ. πάγον ἀναβῆναι become a member of the court, Isoc. 7.37, 12.154; ἐν Ἀ. πάγῳ δοῦναι δίκην Arist.Rh.1398b26; ψευδομαρτύρια τὰ ἐξ Ἀ. πάγου Id.Ath.59.6.—The compd. Ἀρειόπᾰγος only in a late Att. Inscr., IG3.1005; but we find the noun Ἀρεοπᾰγίτης ( Ἀρευ- ib.2.839.7) [ῑ], ου, ὁ, Areopagite, Aeschin.1.81, IG3.746, cf. 635, Arist.Ath.3.6, etc.: prov., Ἀρεοπαγίτου σιωπηλότερος 'as silent as the grave', Them.Or.21.263a; στεγανώτερος Alciphr.1.13:—Adj. Ἀρεοπᾰγῖτις, βουλή Arist.Ath.41.2, Alciphr.2.3; Ἀρεοπᾰγῑτικός, ή, όν, Isoc.7 tit., Str.6.1.8.