κόλλητρα

κόλλ-ητρα, τά,

A cost of plumber's labour, POxy.736.91 (i A.D.).

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `glue' (Emp., Hdt., Hp., E.);

Compounds: as 1. member e. g. in κολλ-εψός `glue-boiler' (Att. inscr., Poll.); as 2. member in ταυρό-, ἰχθυό-κολλα `bull-, fish-glue' (Plb., Dsc.); but ποτί-, σύγ-κολλος etc. (Pi., A.) are backformations to ποτι-, συγ-κολλάω etc.

Derivatives: κολλήεντα n. pl. (Ο 389 ξυστά, Hes. Sc. 309 ἅρματα) `well-fixed', cf. κολλητός below; κολλώδης `gluey, stickey' (Pl., Arist.). Denomin. verb κολλάω, often with prefix as συν-, προσ-, ἐν-, κατα-, `glue, fix together, make one, unite' (Pi., Emp., IA.). κόλλημα `what is glued together, gluing tog.', pl. `papyrus-leaves, that form a scroll', κόλλησις `gluing tog., soldering' (IA.) with ( συγ-)κολλήσιμος, - ον `glued tog.' (pap.; Arbenz Die Adj. auf - ιμος 99); ( συγ-)κολλητής `who glues tog.' (Ar., pap.); κολλητήριον `glue' (Ph. Bel.); κόλλητρα pl. `cost of solering' (pap.); κολλητός `glued tog., well fixed' (Il.; Amman Μνήμης χάριν 1, 16), κολλητικός (Dor. -ᾱτ-) `gluey, gluing tog.' (Arist., Epid., pap.), κολλητικὰ ἔργα `plumber's work' (pap.). As 2. member in the backformtion πρωτό-κολλον n. `the first fixed (glued) leave of a papyrus-scroll' (Just.). - Rarely ἐπι-κολλαίνω `glue to' (Thphr.), κολλίζω (Gp.) with κολλιστής (Gloss.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably], IEX [612] * kol- `glue'

Etymology: κόλλᾰ may be a ια-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. klějь, klejь, Russ. klej from PSl. *kъlějь, * kъlьjь (with reduced vowel); Germanic has an isolated verb, limited to a small area: MDutch. MLG helen `stick' (PGm. * haljan); 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. *kol^ya?

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