Asia, æ, fœ, gen. The thirde part of the worlde, deuyded from Enropa by the sea called Bosphorus Thracins, & the great ryuer of Tanais: And from Affrlke by the famous ryuet Nylus: and is in quantitie supposed to be as great, as both Europa and Afftike. Asia minor, is a part of the other Asia, which is nowe called Turkey, and conteyneth in it these realmes, Pontus, Bithynis, Phrigia, Caria, Lycia, Lidia, and Lycaonia. Asia is also a me, fenne, or marishe, neere to the ryuer Caystus.
Asius, The sonne of Dymas. Also a ryuer in Italy called Esino.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Āsĭa, ae, f. (in regard to the quantity of the A, cf. Jahn ad Ov. M. 5, 648), = *)asi/a. I. A.. Orig., a town in Lydia; afterwards the region around it; hence, B.Adj.: Āsĭus, a, um, of Asia: palus,
the marshy region on the river Cayster
, Verg. A. 7, 701; cf. id. G. 1, 383, and Hom. Il. 2, 461; Asia,
a nymph
, Verg. G. 4, 343; cf. Hyg. Fab. prooem.— II. A.. In an extended signif., Asia Minor, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 5; Verg. A. 2, 557; Sen. Troad. 6; Vulg. Act. 19, 26; 21, 27 al.—Hence also for Pergamos, Liv. 26, 24; Vell. 2, 4; and, as a Roman province, or Proconsular Asia, kat' e)coxh/n (h( i)di/ws kaloume/nh *)adi/a, Strabo, 17, p. 118), Asia comprehended Mysia, Lydia, Caria, and Phrygia; cf.: Namque, ut opinor, Asia vestra constat ex Phrygiā, Cariā, Mysiā, Lydiā, Cic. Fl. 27; id. Imp. Pomp. 6; Vulg. Act. 2, 9; 6, 9; ib. 1 Cor. 16, 19 et saep.— Hence, B. Āsĭus, a, um, adj., Asiatic (cf. Asiaticus): villa, Varr. ap. Non. p. 466, 3.— For Troas, Ov. M. 13, 484.—III. In a still wider sense, the whole of the quarter of the globe Asia (hence the distinction Asia Minor, Oros. 1, 2), Plin. 5, 9, 9, 47 sqq.—A poet. form, Āsis, īdis, Asia, Ov. M. 5, 648; 9, 448. 2. asĭa, ae, f.; among the Taurini, rye, in pure Lat., secale, Plin. 18, 16, 40, 141.