κολλάω
Alt. κολλάω,
Alt. φυτ. -ήσω
Etym. κόλλα
I. "to glue, cement", Ar., Plat.
2. "to join" one metal to another, κ. χρυσὸν ἐλέφαντά τε, i. e. "to make" [a crown] "inlaid with" gold and ivory, Pind.
II. generally, "to join fast together:—" Pass. "to cleave to", κεκόλληται πρὸς ἄτᾳ "is indissolubly bound" to woe, Aesch.; so, of persons, κ. τινι "to cleave to" another, NTest.; and of things, ὁ κονιορτὸς ὁ κολληθείς τινι id=NTest.
III. "to put together, build", Pind.