Κολχίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Κολχός (Kolkhós) +‎ -ίς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kol.kʰís/ → /kolˈçis/ → /kolˈçis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kol.kʰís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kolˈkʰis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kolˈçis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kolˈçis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kolˈçis/

Proper noun

Κολχῐ́ς • (Kolkhĭ́s) f (genitive Κολχῐ́δος); 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)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Κολχῐ́ς; τῆς Κολχῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κολχῐ́ς hē Kolkhĭ́s
Genitive	τῆς Κολχῐ́δος tês Kolkhĭ́dos
Dative	τῇ Κολχῐ́δῐ têi Kolkhĭ́dĭ
Accusative	τὴν Κολχῐ́δᾰ tḕn Kolkhĭ́dă
Vocative	Κολχῐ́ς Kolkhĭ́s
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: Κολχίδα (Kolchída)
  • → Italian: Colchide
  • → Portuguese: Cólquida
  • → Russian: Колхида (Kolxida)
    • → Armenian: Կոլխիդա (Kolxida)
    • → Romanian: Colchida
  • → Spanish: Cólquide
  • → Turkish: Kolhida
• → Georgian: კოლხეთი (ḳolxeti)
  • → Azerbaijani: Kolheti
  • → Laz: კოლხეთი (ǩolxeti)
  • → Turkish: Kolheti
• → Greek: Κολχίς (Kolchís)
• → Latin: Colchis
  • → Danish: Kolchis
  • → English: Colchis
  • → French: Colchis
  • → German: Kolchis
  • → Hungarian: Kolkhisz
  • → Romanian: Colchis
• → Old Armenian: Կողքիս (Kołkʻis)
  • Armenian: Կողքիս (Koġkʻis)
• → Turkish: Kolhis, Kolha

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006