κόλλ-ησις,εως,ἡ, (κολλάω)
A. gluing, Hp. Art. 39 , Gal. 18(1).456 , Thphr. HP 5.7.4 ;soldering, κ. σιδήρου
Hdt. 1.25
, Plu. 2.156b ; κ. χρυσίου
Thphr. Lap. 26
; σωλήνων
POxy. 915
(vi A.D.).
II. generally,fixing tight, close fastening, Hp. Art. 33 ; of the cupping-glass, Arist. Rh. 1405b3 .
b. closing upof wounds, Heliod. ap. Orib. 45.6.2 , Gal. 11.440 , 12.102 .
c. binding material, ἡ πρὸς ἄλληλα κ. ἰχώρ ἐστι καὶ ὑγρότης μυξώδης
Arist. Spir. 485a1
.
2. Rhet.,union of a verse quotation with prose, Hermog. Meth. 30 .
3. metaph.,close friendship, Eun. Hist. p.267