Archias

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Archĭas, ae, m., = Ἀρχίας.

I Aulus Licinius, a Greek poet of Antiochia , who became distinguished by Cicero's defence of him; v. Cic. Or. pro Archia.—

II A cabinet-maker; hence, Archiăcus , a, um: lecti, a couch made by Archias , and from the context, a plain couch , Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 1.