Iolcus

• Iolchos, Iolcos

Iolcus

1. An ancient town of Thessalia situated at the foot of Mount Pelium, and birthplace of Jason.

• Iōlcos

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰωλκός (Iōlkós).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯oːl.kus/, [ˈi̯oːɫ̪kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈjol.kus/, [ˈjɔlkus]

Iōlcus m sg (genitive Iōlcī); second declension

1. a town of Thessalia situated at the foot of Mount Pelium, and birthplace of Jason

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Iōlciacus
• Iōlcī

• “Iolcos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Iolcos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Iolcus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly