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.
