Colophonian

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[kol-uh-foh-nee-uhn] / ˌkɒl əˈfoʊ ni ən /

noun

1. a native of Colophon.

2. the, Antimachus.

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adjective

1. of or relating to Colophon.

Etymology

Origin of Colophonian

< Latin colophōni ( us ) (< Greek; see colophony) + -an

Example Sentences

The forts by which Ephesus protected itself against Colophonian invasion are still to be seen on the hills north of the Caystrus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various

The "Colophonian Poet" is—"not to put too fine a point upon it"—Homer, who, according to some, was born at Colophos, in Asia Minor.

From Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight by Willcock, John

A few errors that must have proceeded from Bracciolini  about the Colophonian Oracle of Apollo Clarius, the  Household Gods of the Germans, Gotarzes, Bardanes and,  above all, Nineveh.

From Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century by Ross, John Wilson

It is easily peel'd, and the Eubœans Call it a nut, but some people have call'd it an acorn, says Nicander the Colophonian, in his Georgics.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

And Antimachus the Colophonian mentions it in his Thebais, where he says— The hyca, or the horse-fish, or the one Which they do call the thrush.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us