Colchis

English

Historical map of Colchis

Alternative forms

• Kolkhis

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Κολχίς (Kolkhís).

Proper noun

Colchis

2. (historical) An ancient region and kingdom on the coast of the Black Sea, corresponding to what is now western Georgia.

Related terms

• Colchian
• Colchidian

Translations

ancient region and kingdom

• Armenian: Կողքիս (Koġkʻis), Կոլխիդա (Kolxida)

  Old Armenian: Կողքիս (Kołkʻis)

• Azerbaijani: Kolheti
• Danish: Kolchis
• French: Colchis (fr) f
• Georgian: კოლხეთი (ḳolxeti), ლაზიკა (laziḳa), ეგრისი (egrisi)
• German: Kolchis
• Greek: Κολχίδα (el) f (Kolchída), Κολχίς f (Kolchís)

  Ancient: Κολχίς f (Kolkhís)

• Hungarian: Kolkhisz
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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
• Turkish: Kolhis, Kolha, Kolheti, Kolhida

See also

• Iberia
• Egrisi
• Lazica

Anagrams

• cholics

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κολχῐ́ς (Kolkhís).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkol.kʰis/, [ˈkɔɫ̪kʰɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkol.kis/, [ˈkɔlkis]

Proper noun

Colchis f sg (genitive Colchidis); third declension

1. Colchis

Declension

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

Case	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.