Ἄρειος Πάγος

See also: Άρειος Πάγος and Ἄρειος πάγος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἀρειόπᾰγος (Areiópagos), Ἄρειος πάγος (Áreios págos), Ἀρεος πάγος (Areos págos), Ἀρήϊος πάγος (Arḗïos págos)

Etymology

From Ἄρειος (Áreios, “devoted to Ares”) (from Ἄρης (Árēs, “Ares”)) + πᾰ́γος (págos, “rock”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.reː.os pá.ɡos/ → /ˈa.ri.os ˈpa.ɣos/ → /ˈa.ri.os ˈpa.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.reː.os pá.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ri.os ˈpa.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ri.os ˈpa.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ri.os ˈpa.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ri.os ˈpa.ɣos/

Proper noun

Ἄρειος Πᾰ́γος • (Áreios Págos) m (genitive Ἀρείου Πᾰ́γου); second declension

1. Areopagus, Hill of Ares, Mars’ Hill, a famous hill in Athens used in classical times for various legislative and judicial functions.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἄρειος Πᾰ́γος; τοῦ Ἀρείου Πᾰ́γου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἄρειος Πᾰ́γος ho Áreios Págos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀρείου Πᾰ́γου toû Areíou Págou
Dative	τῷ Ἀρείῳ Πᾰ́γῳ tôi Areíōi Págōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἄρειον Πᾰ́γον tòn Áreion Págon
Vocative	Ἄρειε Πᾰ́γε Áreie Páge
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἀρεοπᾰγῑ́της (Areopagī́tēs)
• Ἀρεοπᾰγῑτῐκός (Areopagītikós)

 

Descendants

• Greek: Άρειος Πάγος (Áreios Págos)
• Latin: Arēopagus, Arēopagos

Further reading

• “pa/gos Ἄρειος πάγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece‎^[1], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G697 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Ἄρειος Πάγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Ἄρειος Πάγος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)