κόλλα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ης, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[glue]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.86</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>33</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>227a17</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1672.68. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[flour-paste]], Dsc.2.85.</span>

|elnltext=κόλλα -ης, ἡ, Ion. κόλλη, lijm.

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[glue]] (Emp., Hdt., Hp., E.);<br />Compounds: as 1. member e. g. in <b class="b3">κολλ-εψός</b> [[glue-boiler]] (Att. inscr., Poll.); as 2. member in <b class="b3">ταυρό-</b>, <b class="b3">ἰχθυό-κολλα</b> [[bull-]], [[fish-glue]] (Plb., Dsc.); but <b class="b3">ποτί-</b>, <b class="b3">σύγ-κολλος</b> etc. (Pi., A.) are backformations to <b class="b3">ποτι-</b>, <b class="b3">συγ-κολλάω</b> [[etc]].<br />Derivatives: [[κολλήεντα]] n. pl. (Ο 389 [[ξυστά]], Hes. Sc. 309 [[ἅρματα]]) [[well-fixed]], cf. [[κολλητός]] below; [[κολλώδης]] [[gluey]], [[stickey]] (Pl., Arist.). Denomin. verb [[κολλάω]], often with prefix as <b class="b3">συν-</b>, <b class="b3">προσ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐν-</b>, <b class="b3">κατα-</b>, [[glue]], [[fix together]], [[make one]], [[unite]] (Pi., Emp., IA.). [[κόλλημα]] [[what is glued together]], [[gluing tog.]], pl. [[papyrus-leaves]], [[that form a scroll]], [[κόλλησις]] [[gluing tog.]], [[soldering]] (IA.) with (<b class="b3">συγ-)κολλήσιμος</b>, <b class="b3">-ον</b> <b class="b2">glued tog.</b> (pap.; Arbenz Die Adj. auf <b class="b3">-ιμος</b> 99); (<b class="b3">συγ-)κολλητής</b> <b class="b2">who glues tog.</b> (Ar., pap.); [[κολλητήριον]] [[glue]] (Ph. Bel.); [[κόλλητρα]] pl. [[cost of solering]] (pap.); [[κολλητός]] [[glued tog.]], [[well fixed]] (Il.; Amman <b class="b3">Μνήμης χάριν</b> 1, 16), [[κολλητικός]] (Dor. <b class="b3">-ατ-</b>) [[gluey]], [[gluing tog.]] (Arist., Epid., pap.), <b class="b3">κολλητικὰ ἔργα</b> [[plumbers work]] (pap.). As 2. member in the backformtion <b class="b3">πρωτό-κολλον</b> n. <b class="b2">the first fixed (glued) leave of a papyrus-scroll</b> (Just.). - Rarely <b class="b3">ἐπι-κολλαίνω</b> [[glue to]] (Thphr.), [[κολλίζω]] (Gp.) with [[κολλιστής]] (Gloss.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably], IEX [612] <b class="b2">*kol-</b> [[glue]]<br />Etymology: [[κόλλα]] may be a <b class="b3">ια-</b>deriv. (Schwyzer 474, Chantraine Formation 98), but further the history of the word is rather dark. Notable is the similarity with a Slavic word for [[glue]], e. g. Russ.-CS. <b class="b2">klějь</b>, [[klejь]], Russ. [[klej]] from PSl. <b class="b2">*kъlějь</b>, <b class="b2">*kъlьjь</b> (with reduced vowel); Germanic has an isolated verb, limited to a small area: MDutch. MLG [[helen]] [[stick]] (PGm. <b class="b2">*haljan</b>); the details however remain unclear. Pok. 612 after Fick 1, 389, Zupitza Die german. Gutturale 113; also Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. s. [[klej]]. Rom. LW [loanword] It. [[colla]], Fr. [[colle]] etc. - A word with similar meaning, with wide spread, is [[γλοιός]], s. v. Or is it Pre-Greek. <b class="b2">*kolya</b>?