Sogdĭāna rĕgĭo,
I a district in Asia between the Jaxartes and the Oxus , Curt. 7, 10, 1 sqq.
II —Hence, Sogdĭāni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Sogdiana , Curt. 7, 4, 5; 9, 2, 24; Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 49; called also Sugdĭāni , Mel. 1, 2, 5; 3, 5, 6.
SOGDIA´NA(ἡ Σογδιανή, Strab. 2. p. 73, 11. p. 516; Ptol. 6.12, &c.), a widely extending district of ...
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