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definition of the word academe

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Latin academia. See 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 Akademos. Poetic references are often to "the groves of Academe", a translation of Horace's inter silvas Academi. [1] [2]

Singular
academe

Plural
academes

academe (plural academes)

  1. (poetic) An academy; a place of learning.
  2. (poetic) The scholarly life.

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