Aria

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

Ărī̆a, ae, f., = Ἀρεία acc. to Arrian, or Ἀρία acc. to Strabo and Ptolem. (cf. Crusius, Lex. of Proper Names), a Persian province between Hyrcania, Gedrosia, and India, now the western part of Chorasan; hence, with the appel. Ariana, q. v., Manil 4, 802; Plin. 6, 23, 25, § 93.—Arĭi, ōrum, m.

I The inhabitants of the above country , Plin. 6, 25, 29, § 113.—

II A tribe of the Lygii , Tac. G. 43.

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