Areopagitic

a. (古雅典城邦)最高法院法官的

发音

/ˌɛəɹiəʊpəˈd͡ʒɪtɪk/

词形变化

Areopagitics 复数 Areopagitics more Areopagitic 比较级 most Areopagitic 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A document connected to the Areopagus, particularly an oration delivered before it.

    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.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or pertaining to the Areopagus (council of ancient Athens).

  2. 2.

    Of or pertaining to the Areopagitic Oration of Dionysius of Halicarnassus (named after but only loosely connected to the Areopagus).

  3. 3.

    Of or pertaining to the Corpus Areopagiticum of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite.

    历史 宗教

词源

Borrowed from Latin Areopagiticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀρεοπᾰγῑτῐκός (Areopăgītĭkós).

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