Armĕnĭa, ae, f., = Ἀρμενία.
I A country of Asia , divided into Armenia Major (eastern, now Turcomania and Kurdistan) and Minor (western, now Anatolia), Plin. 6, 9, 9, § 25: utraque, Luc. 2, 638: utraeque, Flor. 3, 5, 21.— Absol. Armenia, for Armenia Minor, Cic. Div. 2, 37, 79; id. Phil. 2, 37, 94.— Hence,
II Derivv.
A Armĕnĭăcus , a, um, adj., = Ἀρμενιακός, Armenian : bellum, Plin. 7, 39, 40, § 129: triumphus, id. 30, 2, 6, § 16: cotes, id. 36, 22, 47, § 164.— Hence, Armeniacus, an epithet of the emperor Marcus Aurelius , on account of his conquest of Armenia , Capitol. M. Anton. Philos. 9; Inscr. Grut. 253, 2.—Armeniacum malum, or absol. Armĕnĭăcum , the fruit of the apricot-tree , the apricot , Col. 5, 10, 19 ( id. 5, 10, 404, called Armenium).— Armĕ-nĭăca , ae, f., the apricot-tree , Col. 11, 2, 96; Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 41.—
B Armĕnĭus , a, um, adj., Armenian : lingua, Varr. L. L. 5, § 100 Müll.: reges, Cic. Att. 2, 7: tigres, Verg. E. 5, 29: pedites, Nep. Dat. 8, 2: triumphi, Flor. 4, 2, 8.—
2 Subst.
a Ar-mĕnĭus , ii, m., an Armenian , Ov. Tr. 2, 227; Mart. 5, 59; Vulg. 4 Reg. 19, 37.—
b Armĕnĭum , ii, n.
α Sc. pigmentum, a fine blue color , obtained from an Armenian stone , ultramarine , Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 4; Vitr. 7, 5 fin. ; Plin. 35, 6, 12, § 30.—
β Sc. pomum, the apricot , Col. 5, 10, 404.