Areopagus

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

Ărēŏpăgus (-ŏs), i, m., = Ἄρειος πάγος,

Mars’ Hill at Athens , on which the Areopagus , the highest judicial assembly of the Athenians , held its sessions : Areopagitae ab Areopago: is locus est Athenis, Varr. L. L. 7, § 19 Müll.; Cic. Div. 1, 25, 54; id. Off. 1, 22, 75; Sen. Tranq. 3 fin. ; Vulg. Act. 17, 19 sqq. (in Cic. Att. 1, 14 used as a Greek word; in Tac. A. 2, 55, called Areum judicium; and in Juv. 9, 101, Curia Martis; cf. Ov. M. 6, 70).

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