κολλυβιστής
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
οῦ, ὁ,
A small money-changer, Lys.Fr.149 S., Men.1023, PPetr. 3p.173 (prob. l.), Ev.Matt.21.12, etc.: condemned by Phryn. 404.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1473] ὁ, Geldwechsler; Lys. bei Poll. 7, 33; N. T.; von Phryn. p. 440 verworfen, der ἀργυραμοιβός vorzieht, obwohl Menand. das Wort gebraucht hat.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κολλῠβιστής: -οῦ, ὁ, (κόλλυβος) ἀργυραμοιβὸς μικρός, ὡς τὸ κερματιστής, Λυσ. παρὰ Πολυδ. Ζ΄, 33, Εὐαγγ. κ. Ματθ. κα΄, 12, κτλ. (ἀλλ’ ἴδε Sturz Διαλ. Μακεδ. σ. 42)· ἀποδοκιμαζόμενον ὑπὸ τῶν Ἀττικιστῶν, Φρύνιχ. 440, Θωμᾶς Μάγιστρ. 539.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ής, ές :
changeur, banquier.
Étymologie: κόλλυβος.
English (Strong)
from a presumed derivative of kollubos (a small coin; probably akin to κολλούριον); a coin-dealer: (money-)changer.
English (Thayer)
κολλυβιστου, ὁ (from κόλλυβος equivalent to a. a small coin, cf. κολοβός clipped;
b. rate of exchange, premium), a money-changer, banker: Menander, Lysias, in Pollux 7,33, 170; ὁ μέν κόλλυβος δόκιμον, τό δέ κολλυβιστής ἀδόκιμον, Phryn. ed. Lob., p. 440. Cf. what was said under κερματιστής.
