Κολχίς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Κολχός (Kolkhós) + -ίς (-ís).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kol.kʰís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kolˈkʰis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kolˈçis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kolˈçis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kolˈçis/
Proper noun
Κολχῐ́ς • (Kolkhĭ́s) f (genitive Κολχῐ́δος); third declension
- (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)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Κολχῐ́ς hē Kolkhĭ́s | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Κολχῐ́δος tês Kolkhĭ́dos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Κολχῐ́δῐ tēî Kolkhĭ́dĭ | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Κολχῐ́δᾰ tḕn Kolkhĭ́dă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Κολχῐ́ς Kolkhĭ́s | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Κολχίδα (Kolchída)
- → Georgian: კოლხეთი (ḳolxeti)
- → Azerbaijani: Kolheti
- → Laz: კოლხეთი (ǩolxeti)
- → Turkish: Kolheti
- → Greek: Κολχίς (Kolchís)
- → Latin: Colchis
- → Old Armenian: Կողքիս (Kołkʻis)
- Armenian: Կողքիս (Koġkʻis)
- → Turkish: Kolhis, Kolha