Colchis

English

Historical map of Colchis

Alternative forms

• Kolkhis

Etymology

From 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
• Dutch: Colchis n
• French: Colchis (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 (Kolkhís).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl.xɪs/
• Hyphenation: Col‧chis

Proper noun

Colchis n

1. Colchis

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.