colchicus

See also: Colchicus

Latin

Etymology

Colchis (“Colchis”) +‎ -icus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkol.kʰi.kus/, [ˈkɔɫ̪kʰɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkol.ki.kus/, [ˈkɔlkikus]

Adjective

colchicus (feminine colchica, neuter colchicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Alternative form of Colchicus (“of or pertaining to Colchis”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	colchicus	colchica	colchicum		colchicī	colchicae	colchica
Genitive	colchicī	colchicae	colchicī		colchicōrum	colchicārum	colchicōrum
Dative	colchicō		colchicō		colchicīs
Accusative	colchicum	colchicam	colchicum		colchicōs	colchicās	colchica
Ablative	colchicō	colchicā	colchicō		colchicīs
Vocative	colchice	colchica	colchicum		colchicī	colchicae	colchica

Descendants

Translingual descendants

• Agriotes colchicus
• Aithaloderma colchicum
• Anthophila colchica
• Apanteles colchicus
• Aquilegia colchica
• Aster colchicus
• Astrantia colchica
• Brachygluta colchica
• Bufo colchicus
• Buxus colchica
• Carabus colchicus
• Carex colchica
• Castalia colchica
• Chamerion colchicum
• Chondrostoma colchicum
• Chymsydia colchica
• Claviger colchicus
• Colchicum
• Colpodium colchicum
• Cortodera colchica
• Corylus colchica
• Cyclamen colchicum
• Dahlica colchica
• Echinops colchicus
• Fellhanera colchica
• Goniodes colchici
• Gyalectidium colchicum
• Harpalus colchicus
• Hedera colchica
• Helleborus colchicus
• Hemicrepidius colchicus
• Hoplia colchica
• Ilex colchica
• Iris colchica
• Kemulariella colchica
• Lagopoecus colchicus
• Limnius colchicus
• Nalassus colchicus
• Nylanderia colchica
• Oxylipeurus colchicus
• Pardosa colchica
• Phasianus colchicus
• Prunus colchica
• Psephellus colchicus
• Pseudotriphyllus colchicus
• Pterostichus colchicus
• Pterotopteryx colchica
• Rhodeus colchicus
• Ruscus colchicus
• Staphylea colchica
• Stenus colchicus
• Veronica colchica

• English: Colchic
• Spanish: cólquico

References

• “colchicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press