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)

1. money-changer, banker

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	collybista	collybistae
Genitive	collybistae	collybistārum
Dative	collybistae	collybistīs
Accusative	collybistam	collybistās
Ablative	collybistā	collybistīs
Vocative	collybista	collybistae

References

• “collybista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• collybista in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• collybista in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.