Ἀσία [ᾰ], Ion.
-ιη, ἡ,
A. Asia,
Pi. O. 7.18 , Hdt. 1.4 , 4.45 , A. Pr. 412 ; γῆ Ἀσία
S. OC 694
, etc.:—Adj. Ἀσιᾱνός,ή,όν,Asian, Asiatic,
Th. 1.6 , etc.; Ἀ. ῥήτορες
Theon Prog. 2
; Ἀ. ζῆλος
Str. 14.1.41
, Plu. Ant. 2 .Adv.
-νῶς, ἑστιᾶν τινά
D.C. 46.30
:—fem.Ἀσιάς,άδος, andἈσίς,ίδος[the latter withᾱ], freq. in A. and E. , never in S. ,Ἀσιάςbeing required by the metre in E. Or. 1397 (lyr.), Ba. 1168 (lyr.), Cyc. 443 ,Ἀσίςin A. Pers. 270 (lyr.), Supp. 547 (lyr.), cf. Euph. 34 :Ἀσιάς(sc.γῆ), = Ἀσία , E. Tr. 748 , Ion 1356 ; also (sc.κιθάρα),the Asian harp,
Ar. Th. 120 , cf. E. Cyc. 443 , Plu. 2.1133c :—alsoἈσιάτης,ἀσθμ-ᾶτις, Ion.