Assyrĭa, ae, f., = Ἀσσυρία,
I a country of Asia , between Media , Mesopotamia , and Babylonia , now Kurdistan , Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66 al.
II —Hence, Assyrĭus , a, um, adj., = Ἀσσύριος, Assyrian , Verg. E. 4, 25; Luc. 6, 429; Stat. S. 3, 3, 212 al.; and Assyrĭi , ōrum, m., the Assyrians , Cic. Div. 1, 1, 1; Plin. 6, 13, 16, § 41; Vulg. Gen. 2, 14; ib. Isa. 7, 17 al.—Sometimes poetic for Median , Phrygian , Phoenician , Indian , etc.; so, puella, i. e. the Phoenician Europa , Sen. Herc. Oet. 554: venenum, i.e., Tyrian purple , Sil. 11, 41: stagnum, i. e. Lake Gennesareth , in Palestine , Just. 18, 3: ebur, i. e. Indian , Ov. Am. 2, 5, 40: malus, i. e. Medica, the citrontree , Plin. 15, 14, 14, § 48; cf. Voss ad Verg. G. 2, 126.