Assyria
κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἀσσυρία, ἡ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Assyrĭa: ae, f., = Ἀσσυρία,
I 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Assўrĭa, æ, f., l’Assyrie [province de l’Asie] : Plin. 5, 66 || -ĭus, a, um, d’Assyrie : Virg. B. 4, 25 ; Luc. 6, 429 || -ĭī, ōrum, m., Assyriens Cic. Div. 1, 1 ; Plin. 6, 41.
Latin > German (Georges)
Assyria, ae, f., s. Assyrii.
Wikipedia EN
Assyria (/əˈsɪriə/), also called the Assyrian Empire, was a Mesopotamian kingdom and empire of the Ancient Near East that existed as a state from perhaps as early as the 25th century BC (in the form of the Assur city-state) until its collapse between 612 BC and 609 BC; thereby spanning the periods of the Early to Middle Bronze Age through to the late Iron Age. This vast span of time is divided into the Early Period (2500–2025 BC), Old Assyrian Empire (2025–1378 BC), Middle Assyrian Empire (1392–934 BC) and Neo-Assyrian Empire (911–609 BC).
From the end of the 7th century BC (when the Neo-Assyrian state fell) to the mid-7th century AD, it survived as a geopolitical entity, for the most part ruled by foreign powers such as the Parthian and early Sasanian Empires between the mid-2nd century BC and late 3rd century AD during which a number of independent Assyrian states such as Adiabene, Osroene, Beth Nuhadra and Beth Garmai arose. The final part of this period saw Mesopotamia become a major centre of Syriac Christianity and the birthplace of the Church of the East and Syriac Orthodox Church. Greeks, Romans, and subsequently Arabs and Ottomans also took over control of the Assyrian lands.
Translations
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