collybus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

collybus: (collŭbus), i, m., = κόλλυβος> [prob. of Phoenicio-Semitic origin, kindr. with the Heb. , to change,
I the exchange of coins of different kinds, or of different countries, agio.
I Prop., Cic. Att. 12, 6, 1; Cassiod. Parm. ap. Suet. Aug. 4.—
II Meton., the rate or premium of exchange, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 78, § 181.