A.the hill of Ares, at Athens, “Ἀρήϊος π.” Hdt.8.52, cf. A.Eu.685,690, etc.; “ἡ βουλὴ ἡ ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου” IG1.38a (prob.), 2.476.59, al., D.18.133, cf. Lys.26.12, Arist.Ath.4.4; “ἡ ἐν Ἀ. πάγῳ βουλή” D.20.157, Aeschin.1.81, Arist.Pol.1273b39; “βουλή Ἀρεία” IG3.824; εἰς τὸν Ἄ. πάγον ἀναβῆναι become a member of the court, Isoc. 7.37, 12.154; “ἐν Ἀ. πάγῳ δοῦναι δίκην” Arist.Rh.1398b26; “ψευδομαρτύρια τὰ ἐξ Ἀ. πάγου” Id.Ath.59.6.—The compd. Ἀρειόπα^γος only in a late Att. Inscr., IG3.1005; but we find the noun Ἀρεοπα^γίτης ( Ἀρευ - ib.2.839.7) [ι_], ου, ὁ, Areopagite, Aeschin.1.81, IG3.746, cf. 635, Arist.Ath.3.6, etc.: prov., Ἀρεοπαγίτου σιωπηλότερος 'as silent as the grave', Them.Or.21.263a; “στεγανώτερος” Alciphr.1.13:—Adj. Ἀρεοπα^γῖτις , “βουλή” Arist.Ath.41.2, Alciphr.2.3; Ἀρεοπα^γι_τικός , ή, όν, Isoc.7 tit., Str.6.1.8.
Ἄρειος πάγος [πα^], ὁ,