Ā^sĭānus
a, um, adj.
I.
Asiatic, belonging to the Roman province of Asia: res, Liv. 31, 2.—Hence, subst.: ā^sĭāni,ōrum, m., the inhabitants of the province of Asia, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Plin. 21, 26, 98, § 171; Vulg. Act. 20, 4.—
II.
In rhet.: ā^sĭāni, orators who employ a peculiarly bombastic or redundant style (cf. Asiaticus, II.), Quint. 8 prooem. 17; 12, 10, 1; 12, 12, 16.—Hence, adv.: ā^sĭānē, in the Asiatic style: loqui, Quint. 12, 10, 17.