proper noun
Ăthēnaeum
Meaning
- a fortress in Athamania
Ăthēnaeum, i, n., = Ἀθήναιον,
I. a fortress in Athamania, Liv. 38, 1; 39, 25.
In English words that came into English from Ăthēnaeum
- athenaeumĂthēnaeum
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
AntiquitiesAthenaeumAthenaeum (ἀθήναιον), a school (ludus) founded by the Emperor Hadrian at Rome, for the promotion of literary and scientific studies (ingenuarum artium…GeographyAthenaeumAthenaeum (Ἀθηναῖον). 1. A fortress in the S. of Arcadia, and in the territory of Megalopolis, is described by Plutarch as a position in advance of th…