adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈeəɹiən/
homophone: Arian
homophone: Aryan
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of or related to Ares, the Greek god of war, counterpart of the Roman Mars.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Examples
Near-synonym: Martian
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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Martian
Antonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 2
Synonym of Martian, of or related to the planet Mars.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Martian, of or related to the planet Mars
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Ares + -an under influence of Ancient Greek άρεος (áreos) and άρειος (áreios, “Martian, martial”). Cf. Arian.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Ancient Greek:
άρειος
(áreios)
— Of or related to the Greek god of war
Ancient Greek:
άρεος
(áreos)
— Of or related to the Greek god of war
