Ἄρειος [ᾰ], ον,
also α, ον [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 413 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect Ἀρήϊος, η, ο; Aeolic dialect Ἀρεύϊος [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 1a.10] Refs 7th c.BC+]: (Ἄρης):— devoted to Ares, warlike, martial; in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], mostly of warriors, Μενέλαος Ἀρήιος[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.339, +others; Ἀρήϊοι υἷες Ἀχαιῶν 11.800, +others ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of arms, Ἀρήϊα τεύχεα δύω[[ 6.340, compare 10.407] Refs]; the Attic dialect form only in the phrase τεῖχος Ἄρειον[[ 4.407, +others; also in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, ἀρήιοι ἀγῶνες] Refs 5th c.BC+] conflicts in real war, opposed to γυμνικοί,[[ 9.33; ὅπλον ἀ. 4.23 ] Refs]; of a man, as substantive, warrior,[[ 6.98; Ἀθηνᾶ Ἀρεία “OGI” 229.70 (from Smyrna), compare “IG” 12(5).913 (from Tenos): _comparative_ ἀρειότερος (which see) 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 548 is probably to be read instead of med from ἀρείων, as χερειότερος from χερείων. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__2 Ἄρειος (also Ἄρεος, Ἄρηος), ὁ (i.e. μήν), name of month in Thessaly, [[ “GDI” 1449, etc. ] Refs]
__3 Ἄρειον πεδίον, = Campus Martius, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 7.59, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 53] Refs 1st c.BC+] (also name of a plain in Thrace, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 13.10.7)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τῶν τελῶν τὸ καλούμενον Ἄρειον, = legio Martia, [[ 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 3.45] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; Ἄρεια, τά, = ludi Martiales, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 56.46. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]