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141 Achaius
I.The province of Achaia, in the northern part of the Peloponnesus, on the Gulf of Corinth, earlier called Aegialea (maritime country), Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 5, 6.—Hence,B.In gen. (cf. the Homeric Achaioi), for Greece, opposite to Troja:II.et quot Troja tulit, vetus et quot Achaia formas,
Prop. 2, 21, 53; cf. Ov. M. 8, 268; id. Her. 17, 209 al.—After the destruction of Corinth by Mummius, B. C. 146, Greece proper became a Rom. prov. under the name of Achaia. — Hence, Ăchāĭăs, ădis, adj., An Achaean or Greek woman, Ov. H. 3, 71.— Ăchāĭ-cus, a, um, adj., Achaean, Grecian.I.Poet., opp. to Trojan:II.manus,
Verg. A. 5, 623:ignis,
Hor. C. 1, 15, 35.—Belonging to the Roman province Achaia:I. II.homines,
Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1:negotium,
id. Fam. 4, 4, 2:concilium,
Liv. 43, 17, 4.—Hence L. Mummius obtained, for the destruction of Corinth and the complete subjugation of Greece, the honorary title of Achaïcus. Vell. 1, 13, 2; Plin. 35, 4, 8, § 24;and so as surname of one of his descendants: Mummia Achaica,
Suet. Galb. 3.— Ăchāĭs, ĭdis, adj., f.
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