Κολχός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Urartian 𒆳𒄣𒌌𒄩 (KUR.qu-ul-ḫa /⁠Qulḫa⁠/).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kol.kʰós/ → /kolˈxos/ → /kolˈxos/

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

Noun

Κολχός • (Kolkhós) m (genitive Κολχοῦ); second declension

1. an inhabitant of Colchis; a Colchian

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Κολχός; τοῦ Κολχοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017