Asia

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Ἀσία, ἡ, V. γῆ Ἀσίς (-ίδος), ἡ (Aesch., Pers. 249). Ἀσιάς (-άδος) χθών, ἡ (Eur., Ion, 74), Ἀσιάς γῆ, ἡ (Eur., Ion, 1586), or Ἀσιάς, ἡ, alone (Eur., Ion, 1356), or Ἀσιᾶτις (-ιδος) γῆ, ἡ (Eur., And. 1).

The continent of Asia: ἤπειρος Ἀσίς, ἡ (Aesch., P. V. 735).

Asiatic, adj.: Ἀσιανός. Fem. adj., V. Ἀσιάς (-άδος), Ἀσιᾶτις (-ιδος) (Eur., Tro. 1219; El. 315), Ἠπειρῶτις (-ιδος) (Eur., And. 159).

The people of Asia: οἱ Ἀσιανοί.