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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κολλυρίς (kollurís), diminutive of κολλύρα (kollúra, “bread roll”). See collȳra.
Noun
collȳris f (genitive collȳridis); third declension
- roll (bread), cake
- headdress (of a woman)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “collyris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- collyris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Noun
collȳrīs
- dative/ablative plural of collȳra