Academus

American  

[ak-uh-dee-muhs] / ˌæk əˈdi məs /

noun

1. an Arcadian whose estate became a meeting place for Athenian philosophers.

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Example Sentences

True he sat at the feet of the wise men of Greece in the Gardens of Academus, but the eurythmy of their gests fascinated him more than the soberness of their doctrines.

From The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports by Anonymous

In France, in Spain, and in England, the title of the ancient Academus was never profaned by an adjunct which systematically degraded and ridiculed its venerable character and its illustrious members.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac

They were determined to turn me into the meadows, instead of allowing me to flourish in the groves of Academus.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Various

Beyond in the suburbs lies the public park owned by Academus in the fifth century before Christ.

From A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel by Bayne, S. G.

Here Mausolus, a king of Caria, has left us ‘mausoleum’, Academus ‘academy’, Epicurus ‘epicure’, Philip of Macedon a ‘philippic’, being such a discourse as Demosthenes once launched against the enemy of Greece, and Cicero ‘cicerone’.

From English Past and Present by Palmer, Abram Smythe