ος, ον [ᾰ] d’Arès (ou Mars) :
      1 consacré à Arès, ou, chez les Romains, à Mars : Ἄρειον πεδίον, la plaine d’Arès, en Thrace, POL. 13, 10 ; d’ord. le Champ de Mars, à Rome, DH. 7, 59, etc. ; PLUT. Pomp. 53, etc. ; τὸ καλούμενον Ἄρειον τῶν τελῶν, APP. Civ. 3, 45, la légion dite de Mars, à Rome ; Ἄρεια ὅπλα, DC. 44, 17, les boucliers de Mars (lat. ancilia) ;
      2 p. suite, martial, belliqueux, IL. 3, 339 ; 11, 800, etc. ;
      3 p. ext. qui concerne la guerre, les combats : ἀρήϊα (ion.) τεύχεα, IL. 6, 340, etc. ; ὅπλον ἀρήϊον, HDT. 4, 23, armure, arme de guerre ; ἀρήϊοι ἀγῶνες, HDT. 9, 33, luttes martiales, càd. combats véritables, p. opp. à γυμνικοὶ ἀγῶνες ; subst. ὁ ἀρήϊος, HDT. 6, 98, un guerrier.

• Cp. -ότερος, THGN. 548 ; COL. 66 ; ANTH. 11, 376.

➳ Fém. Ἀρεία, EUR. H.f. 413. Épq. et ion. Ἀρήϊος, ἀρήϊος, v. ci-dessus.

Étym. Ἄρης ; cf. Ἄρειος πάγος.

ου (ὁ) Aréios, athlète, LUC. V.H. 2, 22.

ον, also α, ον E. HF 413 (lyr.); Ion. Ἀρήϊος, η, ον ; Aeol. Ἀρεύϊος Alc. Supp. 1a. 10; (< Ἄρης): — devoted to Ares, warlike, martial; in Hom., mostly of warriors, Μενέλαος Ἀρήϊος 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., ἀρήϊοι ἀγῶνες conflicts in real war, opp. γυμνικοί, 9.33; ὅπλον ἀ. 4.23; of a man, as Subst., warrior, 6.98; Ἀθηνᾶ Ἀρεία OGI 229.70 (Smyrna), cf. IG 12(5).913 (Tenos); Comp. ἀρειότερος Thgn. 548 is prob. formed from ἀρείων, as χερειότερος from χερείων. Ἄρειος (also Ἄρεος, Ἄρηος), ὁ (sc. μήν), name of month in Thessaly, GDI 1449, etc. 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. Ἄρειον, τό, = ξιφίον, Ps.-Dsc. 4.20; = ἰσάτις, Id. 2.184. = Ἄριος, Μάγοι καὶ πᾶν τὸ Ἄρειον γένος Dam. Pr. 125.