collybus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

collybus (collŭbus), i, m., = κόλλυβος [prob. of Phoenicio-Semitic origin, kindr. with the Heb., to change], the exchange of coins of different kinds, or of different countries, agio.

I Prop., Cic. Att. 12, 6, 1; Cassiod. Parm. ap. Suet. Aug. 4.—

II Meton., the rate or premium of exchange , Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 78, § 181.

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