Arean

A1R1E1A1N1
/ˈeəɹiən/

adjective

Of or related to Ares, the Greek god of war, counterpart of the Roman Mars.

“Near-synonym: Martian”

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Martianof or related to the planet Mars
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Meanings

adjective
  1. rareOf or related to Ares, the Greek god of war, counterpart of the Roman Mars.

    Near-synonym: Martian

    4 more examples

    It is appealing to assume that the epigram was inspired by the statue itself. Probably the Arean weapons Aphrodite has donned include helmet, spear and shield but not the Apolline bow and arrow.

    1979, Karelisa Hartigan, The Poets and the Cities: Selections from the Anthology about Greek Cities, Hain, →ISBN, page 54

    In addition to his possible exploitation of the sexual reversal occasionally found in Arean cult, we also find

    1980, Carl Deroux, Studies in Latin literature and Roman history, volume 168, page 449

    1989, Robert Lamberton, Homer the Theologian: Neoplatonist Allegorical Reading and the Growth of the Epic Tradition, quotation of Proclus translated from the Greek, ... and in bonding together the Arean and the Aphrodisian, he had taken the craft of Hephaestus as his model.

    Ares is also associated with fire. [...] All the Arean desire [...]

    2007, Dagonet Dewr, Sacred Paths for Modern Men, page 63

    Synonyms: Martian

  2. rareSynonym of Martian, of or related to the planet Mars.

    So the British Arean Company had been formed, with suitably orchestrated media fanfare.

    2003 July, Kage Baker, “The Empress of Mars”, in Asimov's Science Fiction
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    the temperature of the Arean climate, notwithstanding the greater distance of that planet from the Sun, is of the same order as the temperature of the terrestrial one

    1894 November 22, Giovanni Schiaparelli, “Schiaparelli on Mars”, in Nature, volume 51, number 1308, page 88

    Photographs by the robot vehicle showed a land unattractive by human standards; her instruments confirmed the thinness and unsuitability of Arean atmosphere to human life.

    1961, Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land, New York: Avon, →OCLC

    Synonyms: Martian, of or related to the planet Mars

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf or related to Ares, the Greek god of war, counterpart of the Roman Mars.

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adjectiveSynonym of Martian, of or related to the planet Mars.

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Martianof or related to the planet Mars
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Origin

  1. Ancient Greekάρεος
  2. EnglishArean

From Ares + -an under influence of Ancient Greek άρεος (áreos) and άρειος (áreios, “Martian, martial”). Cf. Arian.

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Translations

Ancient Greek άρειος, άρεος
  • άρειος (áreios)Of or related to the Greek god of war
  • άρεος (áreos)Of or related to the Greek god of war

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