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.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Ā̆sĭa: ae, f. (in regard to the quantity of the A, cf. Jahn ad Ov. M. 5, 648), = Ἀσία.
Orig., a town in Lydia; afterwards the region around it; hence,
   B Adj.: Ā̆sĭus, a, um, of Asia: palus, the marshy region on the river Cayster, Verg. A. 7, 701; cf. id. G. 1, 383, and Hom. Il. 2, 461; Asia, a nymph, Verg. G. 4, 343; cf. Hyg. Fab. prooem.—
In an extended signif., Asia Minor, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 5; Verg. A. 2, 557; Sen. Troad. 6; Vulg. Act. 19, 26; 21, 27 al.—Hence also for Pergamos, Liv. 26, 24; Vell. 2, 4; and, as a Roman province, or Proconsular Asia, κατ' ἐξοχήν (ἡ ἰδίως καλουμένη Ἀδία, Strabo, 17, p. 118), Asia comprehended Mysia, Lydia, Caria, and Phrygia; cf.: Namque, ut opinor, Asia vestra constat ex Phrygiā, Cariā, Mysiā, Lydiā, Cic. Fl. 27; id. Imp. Pomp. 6; Vulg. Act. 2, 9; 6, 9; ib. 1 Cor. 16, 19 et saep.— Hence,
   B Ā̆sĭus, a, um, adj., Asiatic (cf. Asiaticus): villa, Varr. ap. Non. p. 466, 3.— For Troas, Ov. M. 13, 484.—
III In a still wider sense, the whole of the quarter of the globe Asia (hence the distinction Asia Minor, Oros. 1, 2), Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 47 sqq.—A poet. form, Ā̆sis, īdis, Asia, Ov. M. 5, 648; 9, 448. ††
   2    asĭa, ae, f.; among the Taurini, rye, in pure Lat., secale, Plin. 18, 16, 40, § 141.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(2) Asĭa,⁷ æ, f., Asie
1 [partie du monde] Sall. J. 17, 3, [ou Asia major, par opp. à Asia minor ] Just. 15, 4, 1
2 [Asie antérieure, Asie mineure] : Cic. Br. 51 ; Liv. 38, 39, 15 Asia minor Oros. 1, 2 ]
3 [royaume de Pergame]: Liv. 26, 24, 9
4 [province romaine d’Asie] : Cic. Fl. 65 ; Pomp. 14 ; Plin. 5, 102.