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|lshtext=<b>Ā&#774;sĭa</b>: ae, f. (in [[regard]] to the [[quantity]] of the A, cf. Jahn ad Ov. M. 5, 648), = [[Ἀσία]]>.<br /> Orig., a [[town]] in [[Lydia]]; [[afterwards]] the [[region]] [[around]] it; [[hence]],<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Adj.: Ā&#774;sĭus, 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.—<br /> 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,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Ā&#774;sĭus, a, um, adj., Asiatic (cf. [[Asiaticus]]): [[villa]], Varr. ap. Non. p. 466, 3.— For [[Troas]], Ov. M. 13, 484.—<br /><b>III</b> 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, Ā&#774;sis, īdis, [[Asia]], Ov. M. 5, 648; 9, 448. ††<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; asĭa, ae, f.; [[among]] the [[Taurini]], rye, in [[pure]] Lat., [[secale]], Plin. 18, 16, 40, § 141.