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Achaia
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Lewis Short
(adj.adj.adj.Subst.) : Achāiaor (in poets) Achāĭa (quadrisyl.), ae, f. Ἀχαία.
* The province of Achaia, in the northern part of the Peloponnesus, on the Gulf of Corinth, earlier called Aegialea (maritime country), Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 5, 6.—Hence
* In gen. (cf. the Homeric Ἀχαιοί), for Greece, opposite to Troja: et quot Troja tulit, vetus et quot Achaia formas,Prop. 2, 21, 53; cf. Ov. M. 8, 268; id. Her. 17, 209 al.
* After the destruction of Corinth by Mummius, B. C. 146, Greece proper became a Rom. prov. under the name of Achaia.— Hence, Achāĭăs, ădis, adj., An Achaean or Greek woman, Ov. H. 3, 71.—Achāĭ-cus, a, um, adj., Achaean, Grecian.
* Poet., opp. to Trojan: manus,Verg. A. 5, 623: ignis,Hor. C. 1, 15, 35.
* Belonging to the Roman province Achaia: homines,Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1: negotium,id. Fam. 4, 4, 2: concilium,Liv. 43, 17, 4.—Hence L. Mummius obtained, for the destruction of Corinth and the complete subjugation of Greece, the honorary title of Achaïcus. Vell. 1, 13, 2; Plin. 35, 4, 8, § 24; and so as surname of one of his descendants: Mummia Achaica,Suet. Galb. 3.—Achāĭs, ĭdis, adj., f.
* Achaean, Grecian: urbes,Ov. M. 5, 306.
* Subst., = Achaia, Achaia, Greece, Ov. M. 5, 577; 7, 504.— Achāĭus, a, um, adj.: Achaean, Grecian (poet. for Achaïcus and Achaeus): castra,Verg. A. 2, 462; so Sil. 14, 5; 15, 306.
* The province of Achaia, in the northern part of the Peloponnesus, on the Gulf of Corinth, earlier called Aegialea (maritime country), Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 5, 6.—Hence
* In gen. (cf. the Homeric Ἀχαιοί), for Greece, opposite to Troja: et quot Troja tulit, vetus et quot Achaia formas,Prop. 2, 21, 53; cf. Ov. M. 8, 268; id. Her. 17, 209 al.
* After the destruction of Corinth by Mummius, B. C. 146, Greece proper became a Rom. prov. under the name of Achaia.— Hence, Achāĭăs, ădis, adj., An Achaean or Greek woman, Ov. H. 3, 71.—Achāĭ-cus, a, um, adj., Achaean, Grecian.
* Poet., opp. to Trojan: manus,Verg. A. 5, 623: ignis,Hor. C. 1, 15, 35.
* Belonging to the Roman province Achaia: homines,Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1: negotium,id. Fam. 4, 4, 2: concilium,Liv. 43, 17, 4.—Hence L. Mummius obtained, for the destruction of Corinth and the complete subjugation of Greece, the honorary title of Achaïcus. Vell. 1, 13, 2; Plin. 35, 4, 8, § 24; and so as surname of one of his descendants: Mummia Achaica,Suet. Galb. 3.—Achāĭs, ĭdis, adj., f.
* Achaean, Grecian: urbes,Ov. M. 5, 306.
* Subst., = Achaia, Achaia, Greece, Ov. M. 5, 577; 7, 504.— Achāĭus, a, um, adj.: Achaean, Grecian (poet. for Achaïcus and Achaeus): castra,Verg. A. 2, 462; so Sil. 14, 5; 15, 306.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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