Colchis

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Colchis

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Alternative forms

• Kolkhis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κολχίς (Kolkhís).

Pronunciation

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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.

Related terms

• Colchian
• Colchidian

Translations

ancient region and kingdom

Armenian: Կողքիս (Koġkʻis), Կոլխիդա (Kolxida) Old Armenian: Կողքիս (Kołkʻis) Azerbaijani: Kolheti Danish: Kolchis Dutch: Colchis n French: Colchide (fr) f Georgian: კოლხეთი (ḳolxeti), კოლხა (ḳolxa), ლაზიკა (laziḳa), ეგრისი (egrisi) German: Kolchis Greek: Κολχίδα (el) f (Kolchída), Κολχίς (el) f (Kolchís) Ancient: Κολχίς f (Kolkhís) Hungarian: Kolkhisz Irish: Colcas m Italian: Colchide f Latin: Colchis f Laz: კოლხეთი (ǩolxeti) Portuguese: Cólquida f Romanian: Colchis (ro) n, Colchida f Russian: Колхи́да (ru) f (Kolxída) Spanish: Cólquide f, Cólquida f Swedish: Kolchis, Kolkis Turkish: Kolhis, Kolha, Kolheti, Kolhida

See also

• Iberia
• Egrisi
• Lazica

Anagrams

• cholics

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔɫ.kʰɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔl.kis]

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)
2. a Colchian woman
   • c. 30 BCE, Horace, Epodes 16.58

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.