LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

collīdō

collīdō (present infinitive collīdere, perfect active collīsī, supine collīsum)
Classical[kɔlˈliː.doː]Ecclesiastical[kolˈliː.do]

Meaning

  1. to clash, strike, dash, beat, or press together
    Inter saxa fuī, quae mē contrīta premēbant, Vix tamen effūgī tōtīs conlīsa medullīs;I've been between stones, which pressed me, rubbed against one another, I could barely escape, beaten in every bone; and now my shape is smaller, but my quantity greater.4th/5th C. CE, Symphosius, Aenigmata 52 in Poetae Latini Minores (volume III), Emil Baehrens (editor), Bibliotheca Teubneriana, Leipzig 1879, page 375
  2. to conflict or contend

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Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.collīdōcollīdēbamcollīdamcollīsīcollīseramcollīserō
2nd sg.collīdiscollīdēbāscollīdēscollīsistīcollīserāscollīseris
3rd sg.collīditcollīdēbatcollīdetcollīsitcollīseratcollīserit
1st pl.collīdimuscollīdēbāmuscollīdēmuscollīsimuscollīserāmuscollīserimus
2nd pl.collīditiscollīdēbātiscollīdētiscollīsistiscollīserātiscollīseritis
3rd pl.collīduntcollīdēbantcollīdentcollīsērunt
collīsēre
collīserantcollīserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.collīdamcollīderemcollīserimcollīsissem
2nd sg.collīdāscollīderēscollīserīscollīsissēs
3rd sg.collīdatcollīderetcollīseritcollīsisset
1st pl.collīdāmuscollīderēmuscollīserīmuscollīsissēmus
2nd pl.collīdātiscollīderētiscollīserītiscollīsissētis
3rd pl.collīdantcollīderentcollīserintcollīsissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.collīdorcollīdēbarcollīdar
2nd sg.collīderis
collīdere
collīdēbāris
collīdēbāre
collīdēris
collīdēre
3rd sg.collīditurcollīdēbāturcollīdētur
1st pl.collīdimurcollīdēbāmurcollīdēmur
2nd pl.collīdiminīcollīdēbāminīcollīdēminī
3rd pl.collīdunturcollīdēbanturcollīdentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.collīdarcollīderer
2nd sg.collīdāris
collīdāre
collīderēris
collīderēre
3rd sg.collīdāturcollīderētur
1st pl.collīdāmurcollīderēmur
2nd pl.collīdāminīcollīderēminī
3rd pl.collīdanturcollīderentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.collīdecollīdere
pres. 2nd pl.collīditecollīdiminī
fut. 2nd sg.collīditōcollīditor
fut. 3rd sg.collīditōcollīditor
fut. 2nd pl.collīditōte—
fut. 3rd pl.collīduntōcollīduntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecollīderecollīdī
perfect infinitivecollīsissecollīsum esse
future infinitivecollīsūrum essecollīsum īrī
present participlecollīdēns—
perfect participle—collīsus
collīsa, collīsā, collīsae, collīsam, collīsārum, collīsās, collīse, collīsīs, collīsō, collīsōrum, collīsōs
future participlecollīsūrus
collīsūra, collīsūrā, collīsūrae, collīsūram, collīsūrārum, collīsūrās, collīsūre, collīsūrī, collīsūrīs, collīsūrō, collīsūrōrum, collīsūrōs, collīsūrum
collīdendus
collīdundus, collīdenda, collīdendā, collīdendae, collīdendam, collīdendārum, collīdendās, collīdende, collīdendīs, collīdendōrum, collīdendōs
gerundcollīdendī, collīdendō, collīdendumsupinecollīsum, collīsū

col-līdo (conl-), līsi, līsum, 3, v. a. laedo,
I. to clash, strike, dash, beat, or press together, etc. (rare; mostly post-Aug.; most freq. in Quint.).
I. Prop.: umor ita mollis est, ut facile premi collidique possit, Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 31; Lucr. 1, 532: collidere manus, to clap, Quint. 2, 12, 10: dentes colliduntur, chatter, Sen. Ep. 11, 2: anulus ut fiat, primo colliditur aurum, Ov. A. A. 3, 221: mare inter se navigia collidit, Curt. 4, 3, 17; 9, 9, 16: amnis uterque colliditur, id. 8, 9, 8: silvam sibi, Manil. 1, 855: argentum factum, si fractum vel collisum est, etc., bruised, Dig. 34, 2, 28; cf. ib. 50, 16, 14; freq. in part. perf., battered, beaten, bruised: argentea vasa collisa, Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 73: corpus, Cels. 5, 26, 23: nasus, Sen. Ira, 3, 22, 4: os, Gai Inst. 3, 223; and absol.: collisa, bruised limbs, Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 33; cf. Gai Inst. 3, 217. —
II. Trop., to bring into collision or into hostile contact, to set at variance; in pass., to become hostile, to be at variance, contend (not ante-Aug.): ambitiosa pios collidit gloria fratres, Stat. Th. 6, 435; Sil. 11, 45: Graecia barbariae lento collisa duello, * Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 7: collisa inter se duo rei publicae capita, Vell. 2, 52, 3: si binae (consonantes) collidantur, come in contact, Quint. 9, 4, 37: colliduntur aut pares (leges) inter se aut secum ipsae, conflict with one another, id. 7, 7, 2 sq.; so id. 7, 2, 11; 5, 7, 32; cf. id. 7, 10, 17.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincollīdō

Proto-Indo-Europeander. Latin laedō Latin collīdō From con- + laedō (“to hurt”).

Descendants
  • Catalancol·lidir
  • Englishcollide
  • Italiancollidere
  • Portuguesecolidir
  • Spanishcolidir
  • Galiciancolidir

Quick answers

What does collīdō mean in Latin?
collīdō, a verb, means “to clash, strike, dash, beat, or press together; to conflict or contend”.
What are the principal parts of collīdō?
collīdō, collīdere, collīsī, collīsum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce collīdō?
In classical Latin, [kɔlˈliː.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kolˈliː.do].
Where does collīdō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin collīdō.