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Cŏlŏphon , ōnis (acc. -nem, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33;
I.-na,Vell. 1, 4, 3; Tac. A. 2, 54), m., = Κολοφών, one of the twelve Ionian towns in Lydia, situated near the sea, and renowned for its cavalry, now perh. Zille or Altobosco, Mel. 1, 17, 2; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; Liv. 37, 26, 5 sq.; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 3. —
II. Hence,
A. Cŏlŏphōnĭus , a, um, adj., Colophonian: “resina,Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 123 (also absol.: “Colophonia,Scrib. Comp. 137 sq.): “Idmon,Ov. M. 6, 8.—In plur.: Cŏlŏphōnii , ōrum, m., the Colophonians, Cic. Arch. 8, 19.—
B. Cŏlŏphōnĭăcus , a, um, adj., the same: Homerus (since the inhabitants of Colophon considered him as their countryman; “v. Cic. Arch. l. l.),Verg. Cir. 64; Cels. 5, 19, 11; 5, 19, 17.
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    • Cicero, On Pompey's Command, 12.33
    • Cicero, For Archias, 8.19
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 6.8
    • Tacitus, Annales, 2.54
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 5.19
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 37, 26.5
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