Asiaticus
Δεινότερον οὐδὲν ἄλλο μητρυιᾶς κακόν → Nulla est noverca pestis exitalior → Kein schlimmres Übel gibt's als eine Stiefmutter
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ā̆sĭātĭcus: a, um, adj., = Ἀσιατικός,
I Asiatic.
I In gen.: bellum, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7: mos, id. Or. 8, 27: creta, id. Fl. 16, 37: Graeci, id. ib. 25, 60: exercitus, Liv. 39, 6: mare, Plin. 5, 27, 28, § 102: Persica, a fruit from Asia, a kind of peach, id. 15, 12, 11, § 39; also absol.: Asiatica, Col. 10, 412: picturae genus, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 75. —
II Esp. as rhet. t., Asiatic, bombaslic: genus dicendi, a bombastic style of discourse, peculiar to Asiatics, Cic. Brut. 95, 325: dictio, id. ib. 95, 325: oratores, id. ib. 13, 51; cf. id. Or. 8, 27, and Asianus, II.— Subst.: Ā̆sĭātĭcus, i, m., the surname of Cornelius Scipio, who conquered Antiochus, brother of Scipio Africanus, Liv. 37, 58; Gell. 7, 19; cf. Asiagenes.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Ăsĭātĭcus,¹¹ a, um,
1 asiatique, d’Asie : Cic. Pomp. 19, etc. || Asiatica Persica, n. pl., Plin. 15, 39, espèce de pêches [ou abst Asiatica Col. Rust. 10, 412 ] || Asĭātĭcī, ōrum, m., les orateurs du genre asiatique : Cic. Br. 325 ; Or. 27, etc.
2 surnom de L. Cornelius Scipion, vainqueur d’Antiochus : Liv. 37, 58, 6.
Latin > German (Georges)
Asiāticus, s. 1. Asia.
Latin > English
Asiaticus Asiatica, Asiaticum ADJ :: Asiatic, of/connected with Asia/the East/Asia Minor; w/Asiatic/florid style
