- κόλλυβος 1
- κόλλυβος 1.Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `small money' (Ar., Eup., Call.), `small gold weight' (Thphr.); `rate of exchange' (hell., inscr., pap., Cic.).Other forms: (-ον n. Poll. 9, 72)Derivatives: κολλυβιστής `money-changer' (Men., NT, pap., *κολλυβίζω; cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 68f., Chantraine Formation 320) with κολλυβιστικός and κολλυβιστήριον `exchange-office' (pap. a. Ostr.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Semitic, cf. Hebr. ḥālap `exchange' (Lewy Fremdw. 119f. after Lagarde). - From κόλλυβα τρωγάλια H. (sch. Ar. Pl. 768; cf. κόλλαβος) Russ. etc. kólivo `porridge, groats with resins, memory meal for a dead' (Vasmer Wb. s. v. w. lit.). - The -υβ- (which cannot be explained from Hebr.) rather points to a Pre-Greek word.Page in Frisk: 1,900
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.