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
 

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

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

Further reading
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