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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

  • ἕτεροι δὲ καὶ μετὰ Ιἄσονοσ ἐν Κόλχοισ γενέσθαι καὶ Μελεάγρῳ συνεξελεῖν τὸν κάπρον· (Plutarch, chapter 29 3:2)
  • τί οὖν δεῖ τοῦθ’ ἡμᾶσ ἐξεργάσασθαι καὶ διδάξαι Μιθριδάτην ἀγνοοῦντα, μεθ’ ὧν ἐστιν αὐτῷ πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ πολεμητέον, καὶ μὴ βουλόμενον, ἀλλ’ ἀδοξοῦντα συνελαύνειν εἰσ τὰσ Τιγράνου χεῖρασ, ἀλλ’ οὐχὶ δόντασ αὐτῷ χρόνον ἐκ τῶν οἰκείων παρασκευάσασθαι καὶ ἀναθαρρῦναι, Κόλχοισ καὶ Τιβαρηνοῖσ καὶ Καππάδοξιν, ὧν πολλάκισ κεκρατήκαμεν, μάχεσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ Μήδοισ καὶ Ἀρμενίοισ; (Plutarch, Lucullus, chapter 14 4:4)
  • τοῦτο δὲ ἐν Κόλχοισ ἦν <ἐν> Ἄρεοσ ἄλσει κρεμάμενον ἐκ δρυόσ, ἐφρουρεῖτο δὲ ὑπὸ δράκοντοσ ἀύπνου. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 9 16:10)
  • ἠιέ δ’ ἐσ πτολίεθρον ὑπότροποσ ἄμμιγα Κόλχοισ, πορφύρων, ᾗ κέ σφι θοώτερον ἀντιόῳτο. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 21:81)
  • Ἤδη δ’ Αἰήτῃ ὑπερήνορι πᾶσί τε Κόλχοισ Μηδείησ περίπυστοσ ἔρωσ καὶ ἔργ’ ἐτέτυκτο. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 4:20)

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