areopagitic
/ˌɛəɹiəʊpəˈd͡ʒɪtɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the Areopagus (council of ancient Athens).
adj
Of or pertaining to the Areopagitic Oration of Dionysius of Halicarnassus (named after but only loosely connected to the Areopagus).
adj
Of or pertaining to the Corpus Areopagiticum of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite.
Example Sentences
- "In the concept of pantheism Khidasheli implies the unity of God and the world and not their similarity; he thinks that such an interpretation of pantheism is given in Neoplatonic and Areopagitic writings."
- "In the West, the Areopagitic texts were translated by Hilduin (c. 785 — c. 855), Bishop of Paris, who received a manuscript at his monastery of Saint Denys, and Johannes Scotus Eriugena (815-877) who knew about them from his time in Irish monasteries and produced a widely known and used translation in middle and later medieval times."
- "1836 (1810), William Mitford, The History of Greece, Volume VIII, T. Cadell (London), W. Blackwood & Sons (Edinburgh), New Edition, page 60, The Areopagitic carries within itself clear indication of its own date, after the conclusion of peace with the confederates, and before the measures which quickly followed […] ."
- "1884 (1869), Thomas Carlyle, Carlyles' Works: Critical and miscellaneous essays, Volume IV, Dana Estes & Charles E. Lauriat, page 201, And one Mr. Milton sat in his house, by Bride's Church, teaching grammar, writing Areopagitics; and had dined that day, not perhaps without criticism of the cookery."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Areopagiticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀρεοπᾰγῑτῐκός (Areopăgītĭkós).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Areopagiticus, Ἀρεοπᾰγῑτῐκός