Areopagites

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Ărēŏpăgītes, ae, m., = Ἀρειοπαγίτης,

an Areopagite , a member of the court of the Areopagus at Athens (v. Areopagus), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 19 Müll. (Trag. v. 190 Vahl.); Varr. L. L. l. l.; Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 14; id. Balb. 12 fin. ; id. Off. 1, 22, 75; id. Div. 1, 25, 54; Vulg. Act. 17, 34; Macr. S. 7, 1.—Hence, † Ărēŏpăgītĭcus , a, um, adj., = Ἀρειοπαγιτικός, of or pertaining to an Areopagite : gymnasia, Sid. Ep. 9, 9.