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.
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Assyrĭa , ae, f., = Ἀσσυρία,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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