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