Colophonian

[ kol-uh-foh-nee-uhn ]

/ ˌkɒl əˈfoʊ ni ən /

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noun

a native of Colophon.

the, Antimachus (def. 1).

adjective

of or relating to Colophon.

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Origin of Colophonian

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

Words nearby Colophonian

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How to use Colophonian in a sentence

But Nicander the Colophonian, in his essay on Dialects, says that the carcharias is also called the lamias and the squill.
The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athenus|Athenus
The forts by which Ephesus protected itself against Colophonian invasion are still to be seen on the hills north of the Caystrus.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6|Various