academe
See also: Academe
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin academia, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía); Doublet of academy. Academe (frequently capitalized) is a poetic name for the garden or grove near ancient Athens where Plato taught, supposedly named for its former owner, the hero Ἀκάδημος (Akademos; Ἑκάδημος, Hekademos).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæk.ə.diːm/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæk.əˌdim/
- Rhymes: -iːm
Noun edit
academe (plural academes)
- (historical) The garden in Athens where the academics met. [from late 16th c.][1]
- (poetic) An academy; a place of learning. [from late 16th c.][1]
- Synonym: academy
- 1603, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost:
- Navarre shall be the wonder of the world; / Our court shall be a little Academe,/ Still and contemplative in living art.
- (poetic) The scholarly life, environment, or community. [from mid 19th c.][1]
- Synonym: academia
- 1997, Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; republished New York: Vintage Books, 1998, →ISBN, page 74:
- His father expected him to enter the government or a major corporation upon graduation from the university, but Noboru Wataya chose to remain in academe and become a scholar.
- A senior member of the staff at an institution of higher learning; pedant. [from mid 20th c.][1]
- Synonym: pedant
Usage notes edit
- Poetic references are often to “the groves of Academe”, a translation of Horace’s inter silvas Academi.[2][3]