Academus
[ ak-uh-dee-muhs ]
noun
an Arcadian whose estate became a meeting place for Athenian philosophers.
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How to use Academus in a sentence
As it was, he soon left the groves of Academus, and sought those of Fashion in town.
The Wits and Beaux of Society | Grace & Philip WhartonThe Academy at Athens was an open meadow, given to the city by Academus, from whom it took its name.
Rambles in Rome | S. Russell Forbes"It is fear, unmingled with reverence, in the minds of many," replied the philosopher of Academus.
Philothea | Lydia Maria ChildInter sylvas Academi qurere verum—Amid 40 the woods of Academus to seek for truth.
So the orchard of Academus suggests the ripest wisdom and most elegant learning of accomplished Greece.
Tablets | Amos Bronson Alcott
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