collybista

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κολλυβιστής (kollubistḗs, “money-changer”), from Ancient Greek κόλλυβος (kóllubos, “a small coin”) + -ιστής (-istḗs, “-ist”), said to be of Semitic origin according to Lewy, from Proto-Semitic *ḫalap- (“to exchange, go beyond”), but Beekes prefers a Pre-Greek origin due to the -υβ element being unexplainable by the Semitic.

Noun

collybista m (genitive collybistae); first declension (Late Latin, hapax legomenon)

  1. money-changer, banker

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative collybista collybistae
genitive collybistae collybistārum
dative collybistae collybistīs
accusative collybistam collybistās
ablative collybistā collybistīs
vocative collybista collybistae

References

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