- collybus
- collybus ( collŭbus ), i, m., = kollubos [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.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.