Meanings
alternative Kolophonian
- not comparableOf or relating to the Lydian city of Colophon.
We know that the Colophonian poet Xenophanes narrated the history of his native land, and that in a poem of two thousand lines he also set forth the events connected with the foundation of Velia, in which he participated.
1908, Ettore Pais, translated by C. Densmore Curtis, Ancient Italy: Historical and Geographical Investigations in Central Italy, Magna Graecia, Sicily, and Sardinia, The University of Chicago Press, page 72
plural Colophonians · alternative Kolophonian
- historicalA native or inhabitant of the Lydian city of Colophon.
Origin
- LatinColophōnius
- EnglishColophonian
From Latin Colophōnius (from Colophōn (“Colophon”)) + English -an
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