- κόλλουρος
- κόλλουροςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: name of `an unknown fish' (Marc. Sid. 22)Derivatives: κολλουρίς `marsh-mallow' (Gloss.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Strömberg Fischnamen 48 proposes: for *κόλ-ουρος `with stump tail' with expressive gemination; after the fish the mallow would have been called as marsh-plant (ibd. 25) [?]. J. André, RPh 45 (1971) 216f, separates κολλουρίς from the fish and and connects it with κολλ(ο)ύρα `small, round flat bread' given the similarity of the fruit of the mallow with a cake. Prob. Pre-Greek, seen κολλ- and -ουρ(ος).Page in Frisk: 1,899
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.