Archĭas, ae, m., = Ἀρχίας.
- I. Aulus Licinius, a Greek poet of Antiochia, who became distinguished by Cicero’s defence of him; v. Cic. Or. pro Archia.
- II. A cabinet-maker; hence, Archiăcus, a, um: lecti, a couch made by Archias, and from the context, a plain couch, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 1.