κόλλυβος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">small coin</b>, <b class="b3">κολλύβου</b> <b class="b2">for a doit</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span> 1200</span>, <span class="bibl">Eup.233</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>85</span>: masc. acc. to Phryn. 404, Hsch.:—but neut. κόλλῠβον, τό, <span class="bibl">Poll.9.72</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">small gold weight</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Lap.</span>46</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> neut. pl. <b class="b3">κόλλυβα, τά</b>, <b class="b2">small cakes</b> (cf. κόλλαβος <span class="bibl">11</span>), Sch.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>768</span>; cf. <b class="b3">κόλλυβα· τρωγάλια</b>, Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">κ., ὁ</b>, <b class="b2">rate of exchange</b>, IG12(5).817 (pl., Tenos, ii B.C.), <span class="title">SIG</span>672.32 (Delph., ii B.C.); [[agio]], Cic.<span class="title">Verr.</span>2.3.78.181, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Att.</span>12.6.1</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFay.</span>56.7</span> (ii A.D.), etc. (Cf. Hebr. <b class="b2">[hudot ]ālap</b> 'change', 'exchange'.)</span>

|etymtx=1.<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">small money</b> (Ar., Eup., Call.), <b class="b2">small gold weight</b> (Thphr.); <b class="b2">rate of exchange</b> (hell., inscr., pap., Cic.).<br />Other forms: (<b class="b3">-ον</b> n. Poll. 9, 72)<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κολλυβιστής</b> <b class="b2">money-changer</b> (Men., NT, pap., <b class="b3">*κολλυβίζω</b>; cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 68f., Chantraine Formation 320) with <b class="b3">κολλυβιστικός</b> and <b class="b3">κολλυβιστήριον</b> <b class="b2">exchange-office</b> (pap. a. Ostr.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Semitic, cf. Hebr. <b class="b2">ḥālap</b> [[exchange]] (Lewy Fremdw. 119f. after Lagarde). - From <b class="b3">κόλλυβα τρωγάλια</b> H. (sch. Ar. Pl. 768; cf. <b class="b3">κόλλαβος</b>) Russ. etc. <b class="b2">kólivo</b> <b class="b2">porridge, groats with resins, memory meal for a dead</b> (Vasmer Wb. s. v. w. lit.). - The <b class="b3">-υβ-</b> (which cannot be explained from Hebr.) rather points to a Pre-Greek word.