Ἀσία [ᾰ],
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, Asia, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.18, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.4, 4.45, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 412; γῆ Ἀσία 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 694, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—adjective Ἀσιᾱνός, ή, όν, Asian, Asiatic, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.6, etc.; Ἀ. ῥήτορες 1st-2nd c.AD(?): Theon Rhetor “Progymnasmata - Rhet.” 2; Ἀ. ζῆλος 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 14.1.41, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 2] Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -νῶς, ἑστιᾶν τινά[[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 46.30] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—feminine Ἀσιάς, άδος, and Ἀσίς, ίδος [the latter with ᾱ], frequently in [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus and 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus, never in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, Ἀσιάς] Refs 5th c.BC+] being required by the metre in [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1397 (Lyric poetry), “Ba.” 1168 (Lyric poetry), “Cyc.” 443, Ἀσίς in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 270 (Lyric poetry), “Supp.” 547 (Lyric poetry), compare 3rd c.BC: Euphorio Epicus 34: Ἀσιάς (i.e. γῆ), ={Ἀσία}, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 748, “Ion” 1356] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also (i.e. κιθάρα), the Asian harp, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 120, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 443, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1133c] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—also Ἀσιάτης, Ἀσιᾶτις, Ionic dialect Ἀσιήτης, Ἀσιῆτις, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 61 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1, etc.: Ἀσιᾱτικός, ή, όν, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 15.2.8] Refs 5th c.BC+]: Ἀσίηθεν, adverb from Asia, [[ “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 6336. (Fem. of ἄσιος (which see).)] Refs]