Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Ἄσιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ἄσιος Ἄσιη Ἄσιον

Structure: Ἀσι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. Asian

Examples

  • καὶ Ἀντίοχον τὸν μέγαν βασιλέα τῆσ Ἀσίασ τὸν πορευθέντα ἐπ̓ αὐτοὺσ εἰσ πόλεμον ἔχοντα ἑκατὸν εἴκοσιν ἐλέφαντασ καὶ ἵππον καὶ ἅρματα καὶ δύναμιν πολλὴν σφόδρα, καὶ συνετρίβη ὑπ̓ αὐτῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 8:6)
  • καὶ εἰσῆλθε Πτολεμαῖοσ εἰσ Ἀντιόχειαν καὶ περιέθετο τὸ διάδημα τῆσ Ἀσίασ. καὶ περιέθετο δύο διαδήματα περὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ, τὸ τῆσ Ἀσίασ καὶ Αἰγύπτου. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 11:13)
  • Καὶ ἐζήτησε Τρύφων βασιλεῦσαι τῆσ Ἀσίασ καὶ περιθέσθαι τὸ διάδημα καὶ ἐκτεῖναι χεῖρα ἐπὶ Ἀντίοχον τὸν βασιλέα. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 12:39)
  • καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἀντ̓ αὐτοῦ καὶ περιέθετο διάδημα τῆσ Ἀσίασ καὶ ἐποίησε πληγὴν μεγάλην ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 13:32)

Synonyms

  1. Asian

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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