devoted to Ares, warlike, martial
Ἄρειος[ᾰ],ον,alsoα,ον
E. HF 413 (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 ἀγῶνεςconflictsin real war,opp.γυμνικοί,
9.33 ; ὅπλον ἀ.
4.23
; of a man, asSubst.,warrior,
6.98 ; Ἀθηνᾶ Ἀρεία
OGI 229.70
(Smyrna), cf. IG 12(5).913 (Tenos): Comp.
ἀρειότερος(q.v.) Thgn. 548 is prob. formed fromἀρείων,asχερειότεροςfromχερείων.
2. Ἄρειος(alsoἌρεος, Ἄρηος), ὁ(sc.μήν), name of month in Thessaly, GDI 1449 , 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. BC 3.45 ;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 .
