Ἀσία

See also: Ασία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊 (a-si-wi-ja) – Mycenaean
Ἀσίη (Asíē) – Ionic

Etymology

There is no current consensus on the origin of the word. It originally applied only to Anatolia, and was later extended to its current definition. Possibly from Akkadian 𒀀𒋗 (“to go out, to rise”), a reference to the rising sun, hence “land of the sunrise.”[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.sí.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈsi.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈsi.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈsi.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈsi.a/

or

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aː.sí.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈsi.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈsi.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈsi.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈsi.a/

The first vowel is short in prose and long in verse.

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ • (Asíā) f (genitive Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱς); first declension

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ hē Asíā
Genitive	τῆς Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱς tês Asíās
Dative	τῇ Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾳ têi Asíāi
Accusative	τὴν Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱν tḕn Asíān
Vocative	Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ Asíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ἀσιαγενής (Asiagenḗs)
Ἀσιανός (Asianós)
Ἀσιαρχέω (Asiarkhéō)
Ἀσιάρχης (Asiárkhēs)
Ἀσιαρχία (Asiarkhía)
Ἀσιαρχός (Asiarkhós)
Ἀσιάς (Asiás)
Ἀσιάτης (Asiátēs)
Ἀσιατικός (Asiatikós)
Ἀσιᾶτις (Asiâtis)
Ἀσιατογεγής (Asiatogegḗs)
Ἀσίηθεν (Asíēthen)
Ἀσίς (Asís)

Descendants

Greek: Ασία (Asía)
→ Gothic: 𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌰 (asia)
→ Latin: Āsia

References

Ἀσία in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Ἀσία in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Ἀσία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
Ἀσία in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G773 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Asia idem, page 1002.
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, pages 1,002, 1,003

Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006.

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[1] Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006.