Colchis

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English

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Historical map of Colchis

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κολχίς (Kolkhís).

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Proper noun

Colchis

  2. (historical) A historical region and ancient Georgian kingdom on the coast of the Black Sea in the South Caucasus on the border between Europe and Asia, corresponding to what is now western Georgia (including Abkhazia), as well as parts of Russia and Turkey.

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Dutch

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin Colchis, from Ancient Greek Κολχῐ́ς (Kolkhĭ́s).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔl.xɪs/
  • Hyphenation: Col‧chis

Proper noun

Colchis n

  1. (historical) Colchis (a historical region and ancient Georgian kingdom on the coast of the Black Sea in the South Caucasus on the border between Europe and Asia, corresponding to what is now western Georgia (including Abkhazia), as well as parts of Russia and Turkey)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κολχῐ́ς (Kolkhĭ́s).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Colchis f sg (genitive Colchidis); third declension

  1. (historical) Colchis (a historical region and ancient Georgian kingdom on the coast of the Black Sea in the South Caucasus on the border between Europe and Asia, corresponding to what is now western Georgia (including Abkhazia), as well as parts of Russia and Turkey)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

singular
nominative Colchis
genitive Colchidis
dative Colchidī
accusative Colchidem
ablative Colchide
vocative Colchis

References

  • “Colchis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Colchis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Colchis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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