κόλλα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ης, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">flour-paste</b>, Dsc.2.85.</span>

|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> <b class="b2">glue-boiler</b> (Att. inscr., Poll.); as 2. member in <b class="b3">ταυρό-</b>, <b class="b3">ἰχθυό-κολλα</b> <b class="b2">bull-, fish-glue</b> (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: <b class="b3">κολλήεντα</b> n. pl. (Ο 389 <b class="b3">ξυστά</b>, Hes. Sc. 309 <b class="b3">ἅρματα</b>) <b class="b2">well-fixed</b>, cf. <b class="b3">κολλητός</b> below; <b class="b3">κολλώδης</b> [[gluey]], [[stickey]] (Pl., Arist.). Denomin. verb <b class="b3">κολλάω</b>, often with prefix as <b class="b3">συν-</b>, <b class="b3">προσ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐν-</b>, <b class="b3">κατα-</b>, <b class="b2">glue, fix together, make one, unite</b> (Pi., Emp., IA.). <b class="b3">κόλλημα</b> <b class="b2">what is glued together, gluing tog.</b>, pl. <b class="b2">papyrus-leaves, that form a scroll</b>, <b class="b3">κόλλησις</b> <b class="b2">gluing tog., soldering</b> (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.); <b class="b3">κολλητήριον</b> [[glue]] (Ph. Bel.); <b class="b3">κόλλητρα</b> pl. [[cost of solering]] (pap.); <b class="b3">κολλητός</b> <b class="b2">glued tog., well fixed</b> (Il.; Amman <b class="b3">Μνήμης χάριν</b> 1, 16), <b class="b3">κολλητικός</b> (Dor. <b class="b3">-ατ-</b>) <b class="b2">gluey, gluing tog.</b> (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.), <b class="b3">κολλίζω</b> (Gp.) with <b class="b3">κολλιστής</b> (Gloss.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably], IEX [612] <b class="b2">*kol-</b> [[glue]]<br />Etymology: <b class="b3">κόλλα</b> 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>?