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 Ἀχαιοί), for Greece, opposite to Troja: “et quot Troja tulit, vetus et quot Achaia formas,” Prop. 2, 21, 53; cf. Ov. M. 8, 268; id. Her. 17, 209 al.—
II. 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.
II. Belonging to the Roman province Achaia: “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.
I. Achaean, Grecian: “urbes,” Ov. M. 5, 306.—
II. Subst., = Achaia, Achaia, Greece, Ov. M. 5, 577; 7, 504.— Ăchāĭus , a, um, adj.: Achaean, Grecian (poet. for Achaïcus and Achaeus): “castra,” Verg. A. 2, 462; so Sil. 14, 5; 15, 306.
