†† asĭa, ae, f.; among the Taurini,
rye , in pure Lat., secale, Plin. 18, 16, 40, § 141.
A´SIA(ἡ Ἀσία, sc. γἠ;Poet. Ἀσίς,—ίδος, Aesch. Pers. 763, Ἀσὶς αἴη, Dion. Perieg. 20, Ἀσίδος ἠπείροιο...
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