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Κολχός

Second declension Noun; Masculine 고유 Transliteration:

Principal Part: Κολχός Κολχοῦ

Structure: Κολχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. an inhabitant of Colchis; a Colchian

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ ὁπλιτικῷ τετάχθω τὸ συμμαχικόν, οἵ τε ἀπὸ τῆσ σμικρᾶσ Ἀρμενίασ καὶ Τραπεζουντίων, οἱ ὁπλῖται καὶ οἱ Κόλχοι καὶ Ῥιζιανοὶ οἱ λογχοφόροι. (Arrian, Acies Contra Alanos 10:1)
  • Τραπεζουντίοισ μέν, καθάπερ καὶ Ξενοφῶν λέγει, Κόλχοι ὅμοροι. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 11 1:1)
  • "μοῦνοι δὲ πάντων, φησί, Κόλχοι καὶ Αἰγύπτιοι καὶ Αἰθίοπεσ περιτέμνονται ἀπ’ ἀρχῆσ τὰ αἰδοῖα. (Flavius Josephus, Contra Apionem, 191:1)
  • ὅθεν οἱ μὲν Κόλχοι μετὰ Φαιάκων κατῴκησαν, οἱ δὲ Ἀργοναῦται μετὰ τῆσ Μηδείασ ἀνήχθησαν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 9 25:10)
  • Βύζηρεσ δ’ ἐπὶ τοῖσιν ὁμώλακεσ, ὧν ὕπερ ἤδη αὐτοὶ Κόλχοι ἔχονται ἀρήιοι. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 6:42)

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