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Assyria
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Lewis Short
(adjective) : Assyrĭa, ae, f., = Ἀσσυρία
* A country of Asia, between Media, Mesopotamia, and Babylonia, now Kurdistan, Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66 al.—Hence, Assyrĭus, a, um, , = 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, Phoenician, Indian, etc.; so, puella,i. e. the Phoenician 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.
* A country of Asia, between Media, Mesopotamia, and Babylonia, now Kurdistan, Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66 al.—Hence, Assyrĭus, a, um, , = 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, Phoenician, Indian, etc.; so, puella,i. e. the Phoenician 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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