Κολχός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Urartian 𒆳𒄣𒌌𒄩 (KUR.qu-ul-ḫa /Qulḫa/).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kol.kʰós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kolˈkʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kolˈxos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kolˈxos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kolˈxos/
Noun
Κολχός • (Kolkhós) m (genitive Κολχοῦ); second declension
- an inhabitant of Colchis; a Colchian
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Κολχός; τοῦ Κολχοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Κολχός ho Kolkhós | τὼ Κολχώ tṑ Kolkhṓ | οἱ Κολχοί hoi Kolkhoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Κολχοῦ toû Kolkhoû | τοῖν Κολχοῖν toîn Kolkhoîn | τῶν Κολχῶν tôn Kolkhôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Κολχῷ tôi Kolkhôi | τοῖν Κολχοῖν toîn Kolkhoîn | τοῖς Κολχοῖς toîs Kolkhoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Κολχόν tòn Kolkhón | τὼ Κολχώ tṑ Kolkhṓ | τοὺς Κολχούς toùs Kolkhoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | Κολχέ Kolkhé | Κολχώ Kolkhṓ | Κολχοί Kolkhoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Κολχῐκός (Kolkhikós)
- Κολχῐ́ς (Kolkhís)
Descendants
- Greek: Κολχός (Kolchós)
- plural: Κολχοί (Kolchoí)
- → Latin: Colchus
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017