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Archĭas, ae, m., = Ἀρχίας.

  1. I. Aulus Licinius, a Greek poet of Antiochia, who became distinguished by Cicero’s defence of him; v. Cic. Or. pro Archia.
  2. 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.

† archīum or archīvum, i, n., = ἀρχεῖον, the archives (post-class.), Dig. 48, 19, 9, § 6; Mel. 3, 8 fin.: antiquissimarum gentium archiva, Tert. Apol. 19; so id. adv. Marc. 4, 7.