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Κολοφώνιος

Κολοφώνιος, inhabitant of Colophon, Colophonian

Κολοφώνιος, α, ον,
  • of or from Colophon in Ionia, Hdt. 1.147, etc.; K. σχῆμα, a figure of speech, such as using ἡ κεφαλὴ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ for τοῦ -που, Lesb.Gramm. 7: Subst., ἡ Κολοφωνία (sc. ῥητίνη), Colophonian gum, resin, Dsc. 1.71, Gal. 13.475, Hippiatr. 20, al., PGrenf. 1.52.7 (iii A.D.); also, = σκαμμωνία, Ps.-Dsc. 4.170; Κολοφώνιον (sc. ὑπόδημα), τό, kind of shoe, Rhinth. 4; also, a measure used in Egypt, Ostr. 1166, 1265 (ii A.D.); but also, a kind of vegetable, PTeb. 419.21 (iii A.D.).

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