ARIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Arius mean? 

• ARIUS (noun)
  The noun ARIUS has 2 senses:

1. a Greek who was a Christian theologian active in Alexandria and who was declared a heretic for his doctrines about God (which came to be known as Arianism) (256?-336)

2. type genus of the Ariidae: sea catfishes

  Familiarity information: ARIUS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARIUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Greek who was a Christian theologian active in Alexandria and who was declared a heretic for his doctrines about God (which came to be known as Arianism) (256?-336)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

theologian; theologiser; theologist; theologizer (someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Type genus of the Ariidae: sea catfishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Arius; genus Arius

Hypernyms ("Arius" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Arius"):

crucifix fish (sea catfish of the Caribbean area)

Holonyms ("Arius" is a member of...):

Ariidae; family Ariidae (sea catfishes)