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|lshtext=<b>Assyrĭa</b>: ae, f., = Ἀσσυρία,<br /><b>I</b> a [[country]] of [[Asia]], [[between]] [[Media]], [[Mesopotamia]], and Babylonia, [[now]] Kurdistan, Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66 al.—Hence, Assyrĭus, a, um, adj., = Ἀσσύριος, Assyrian, Verg. E. 4, 25; Luc. 6, 429; Stat. S. 3, 3, 212 al.; and Assyrĭi, ōrum, m., the Assyrians, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 1; Plin. 6, 13, 16, § 41; Vulg. Gen. 2, 14; ib. Isa. 7, 17 al.—Sometimes poetic for Median, Phrygian, Phœnician, Indian, etc.; so, [[puella]], i. e. the Phœnician [[Europa]], Sen. Herc. Oet. 554: [[venenum]], i.e., Tyrian [[purple]], Sil. 11, 41: [[stagnum]], i. e. Lake Gennesareth, in [[Palestine]], Just. 18, 3: [[ebur]], i. e. Indian, Ov. Am. 2, 5, 40: [[malus]], i. e. [[Medica]], the citrontree, Plin. 15, 14, 14, § 48; cf. Voss ad Verg. G. 2, 126. | |||
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