Colophonian

[kol-uh-foh-nee-uh n]

noun

adjective

of or relating to Colophon.

Origin of Colophonian

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

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Historical Examples of colophonian

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
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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