Areopagus

[ar-ee-op-uh-guhs]

noun

1. a hill in Athens, Greece, W of the Acropolis.

2. Greek History.,  the council that met on this hill, originally having wide public functions but later becoming a purely judicial body.

3. any high tribunal.

Areopagus

/ ˌærɪˈɒpəɡəs /

noun

1. 1. the hill to the northwest of the Acropolis in Athens

   2. (in ancient Athens) the judicial council whose members (Areopagites) met on this hill

2. literary,  any high court

Word History and Origins

Origin of Areopagus¹

< Latin < Greek Áreios págos hill of Ares

Word History and Origins

Origin of Areopagus¹

via Latin from Greek Areiopagus, contracted from Areios pagos, hill of Ares