Κολχίς
ἔκστασίς τίς ἐστιν ἐν τῇ γενέσει τὸ παρὰ φύσιν τοῦ κατὰ φύσιν → what is contrary to nature is any developmental aberration from what is in accord with nature (Aristotle, On the Heavens 286a19)
English (Woodhouse)
(see also: Κόλχος) Colchian, Colchidian, Colchis
Wikipedia EN
In Greco-Roman geography, Colchis (Ancient Greek: Κολχίς) was an exonym for the Georgian polity of Egrisi (Georgian: ეგრისი) located on the coast of the Black Sea, centered in present-day western Georgia.
It has been described in modern scholarship as "the earliest Georgian formation", which, along with the Kingdom of Iberia, would later contribute significantly to the development of the Kingdom of Georgia and the Georgian nation.
Colchis is known in Greek mythology as the destination of the Argonauts, as well as the home to Medea and the Golden Fleece. It was also described as a land rich with gold, iron, timber and honey that would export its resources mostly to ancient Hellenic city-states.
Colchis is generally believed to have been populated by early Kartvelian-speaking tribes ancestral to the contemporary western Georgians, namely Svans and Zans. According to David Marshall Lang: "one of the most important elements in the modern Georgian nation, the Colchians were probably established in the Caucasus by the Middle Bronze Age."
French (Bailly abrégé)
ίδος
1 adj. f. de Colchide;
2 ἡ Κολχίς (χώρα) la Colchide, contrée sur la côte est du Pont-Euxin.
Étymologie: Κόλχος.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Κολχίς: ίδος (ῐδ) adj. f колхидская (γῆ Aesch.).
ίδος ἡ
1 (sc. χώρα или γῆ) Колхида (область по берегам р. Фасий - ныне р. Риони, в Закавказье) Her. etc.;
2 (sc. γυνή) колхидянка, т. е. Μήδεια Eur.
Translations
af: Kolchis; ar: كولخيس; azb: کولخیس; az: Kolxida; ba: Колхида; be_x_old: Калхіда; be: Калхіда; bg: Колхида; br: Kolkida; ca: Còlquida; cs: Kolchida; de: Kolchis; el: Κολχίδα; en: Colchis; eo: Kolĉido; es: Cólquida, Cólquide; eu: Kolkida; fa: کولخیس; fi: Kolkhis; fr: Colchide; ga: Coilcís; gl: Cólquida; he: קולכיס; hr: Kolhida; hu: Kolkhisz; hy: Կողքիս; id: Kolkhis; is: Kolkis; it: Colchide; ja: コルキス; ka: კოლხეთის სამეფო; ko: 콜키스; ky: Колхида ойдуңу; la: Colchis; lt: Kolchidė; ml: കോൽച്ചിസ്; nl: Colchis; nn: Kolchis; no: Kolchis; pl: Kolchida; pt: Cólquida; ro: Colchida; ru: Колхида; sh: Kolhida; sk: Kolchida; sl: Kolhida; sr: Колхида; sv: Kolchis; tl: Kolkis; tr: Kolhis; uk: Колхида; uz: Kolxida podsholigi; vi: Colchis; xmf: კოლხეთიშ ომაფე; zh: 科爾基斯
