verbthird conjugation
colligō1
colligō (present infinitive colligere, perfect active collēgī, supine collēctum)
Classical[ˈkɔl.lɪ.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkɔl.li.ɡo]
№ 820 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- to gather, draw, bring or collect (together), assemble, pick up; contract, draw up, compress, concentrate; harvest
DĒMEA. Ego istuc vīderō, atque ibi favīllae plēna, fūmī ac pollinis coquendō sit faxō et molendō. Praeter haec merīdiē ipsō faciam ut stipulam colligat.
DEMEA. I'll see to that, and full of soot, smoke and flour from the cooking and grinding I'll make her. And, besides that, I'll make her collect the straw at noon. I'll render her as burnt and black as coal.160 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Adelphoe 5.3.59–63Quā rē concessā laetī ut explōrātā victōriā sarmentīs virgultisquī collēctīs, quibus fossās Rōmānōrum compleant, ad castra pergunt.
With that concession, as if with victory assured, they go on their way to the camps with twigs and brushwood gathered, to fill the Roman trenches with.c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 3.18 - to make thick, thicken; bind or mass together
- to get, gain, acquire, produce, collect
- to think upon, weigh, consider; deduce, conclude, infer, gather, recollect
- to collect or compose oneself, recover one's courage or resolution
- to amount or come to, extend; be reckoned (in a passive sense)
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
multa in ūnum locum legō; puer ligna parva colligit.colligō -ere -lēgī — in Mille Verba, Nāvāle
in ūnum cōgōcolligō -ere, -lēgī — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 17
ūnā congregō, cōgōcolligō -ere — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 7
in ūnum cōnferō, legōcolligō -ere — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 4
multa in ūnum congregōcolligō -ere — in Epistulae, ch. 1
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | colligō | colligēbam colligābam | colligam colligābō | collēgī colligāvī | collēgeram colligāveram | collēgerō colligārō, colligāverō |
| 2nd sg. | colligis | colligēbās colligābās | colligēs colligābis | collēgistī colligāstī, colligāvistī | collēgerās colligārās, colligāverās | collēgeris colligāveris |
| 3rd sg. | colligit | colligēbat colligābat | colliget colligābit | collēgit colligāvit | collēgerat colligārat, colligāverat | collēgerit colligārit, colligāverit |
| 1st pl. | colligimus | colligēbāmus colligābāmus | colligēmus colligābimus | collēgimus colligāvimus | collēgerāmus colligāverāmus | collēgerimus colligārimus, colligāverimus |
| 2nd pl. | colligitis | colligēbātis colligābātis | colligētis colligābitis | collēgistis colligāstis, colligāvistis | collēgerātis colligārātis, colligāverātis | collēgeritis colligāritis, colligāveritis |
| 3rd pl. | colligunt | colligēbant colligābant | colligent colligābunt | collēgērunt collēgēre, colligārunt, colligāvēre, colligāvērunt | collēgerant colligārant, colligāverant | collēgerint colligārint, colligāverint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | colligam colligem | colligerem colligārem | collēgerim colligārim, colligāverim | collēgissem colligāssem, colligāvissem |
| 2nd sg. | colligās | colligerēs colligārēs | collēgerīs colligāverīs | collēgissēs colligāssēs, colligāvissēs |
| 3rd sg. | colligat | colligeret colligāret | collēgerit colligārit, colligāverit | collēgisset colligāsset, colligāvisset |
| 1st pl. | colligāmus | colligerēmus colligārēmus | collēgerīmus colligārīmus, colligāverīmus | collēgissēmus colligāssēmus, colligāvissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | colligātis | colligerētis colligārētis | collēgerītis colligārītis, colligāverītis | collēgissētis colligāssētis, colligāvissētis |
| 3rd pl. | colligant | colligerent colligārent | collēgerint colligārint, colligāverint | collēgissent colligāssent, colligāvissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | colligor | colligēbar colligābar | colligar colligābor |
| 2nd sg. | colligeris colligere | colligēbāris colligēbāre, colligābāre, colligābāris | colligēris colligēre, colligābere, colligāberis |
| 3rd sg. | colligitur | colligēbātur colligābātur | colligētur colligābitur |
| 1st pl. | colligimur | colligēbāmur colligābāmur | colligēmur colligābimur |
| 2nd pl. | colligiminī | colligēbāminī colligābāminī | colligēminī colligābiminī |
| 3rd pl. | colliguntur | colligēbantur colligābantur | colligentur colligābuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | colligar colliger | colligerer colligārer |
| 2nd sg. | colligāris colligāre | colligerēris colligerēre, colligārēre, colligārēris |
| 3rd sg. | colligātur | colligerētur colligārētur |
| 1st pl. | colligāmur | colligerēmur colligārēmur |
| 2nd pl. | colligāminī | colligerēminī colligārēminī |
| 3rd pl. | colligantur | colligerentur colligārentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | collige colligā | colligere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | colligite colligāte | colligiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | colligitō colligātō | colligitor colligātor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | colligitō colligātō | colligitor colligātor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | colligitōte colligātōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | colliguntō colligantō | colliguntor colligantor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | colligere | colligī colligārī |
| perfect infinitive | collēgisse colligāsse, colligāvisse | collēctum esse |
| future infinitive | collēctūrum esse | collēctum īrī |
| present participle | colligēns colligāns, colligante, colligantem, colligantēs, colligantī, colligantia, colligantibus, colligantis, colligantīs, colligantium | — |
| perfect participle | — | collēctus collēcta, collēctā, collēctae, collēctam, collēctārum, collēctās, collēcte, collēctī, collēctīs, collēctō, collēctōrum, collēctōs, colligāta, colligātā, colligātae, colligātam, colligātārum, colligātās, colligāte, colligātī, colligātō, colligātōrum, colligātōs, colligātum, colligātus |
| future participle | collēctūrus collēctūra, collēctūrā, collēctūrae, collēctūram, collēctūrārum, collēctūrās, collēctūre, collēctūrī, collēctūrīs, collēctūrō, collēctūrōrum, collēctūrōs, collēctūrum, colligātūra, colligātūrā, colligātūrae, colligātūram, colligātūrārum, colligātūrās, colligātūre, colligātūrī, colligātūrīs, colligātūrō, colligātūrōrum, colligātūrōs, colligātūrum, colligātūrus | colligendus colligundus, colligunda, colligundā, colligundae, colligundam, colligundārum, colligundās, colligunde, colligundī, colligundīs, colligundō, colligundōrum, colligundōs, colligundum |
gerundcolligendī, colligendō, colligendumsupinecollēctum, collēctū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- vires colligere
- to gain strength.
- sitim colligere
- to become thirsty.
- stipem colligere
- to beg alms.
- animum capere, colligere
- to take courage.
- vasa colligere (Liv. 21. 47)
- to pack the baggage (for marching).
- invidiam colligere (aliqua re)
- to incur a person's hatred.
- omnium undique laudem colligere
- to win golden opinions from every one.
- ex metu se recreare, se colligere
- to recover from one's fright.
8 more phrases
- naufragium colligere (Sest. 6. 15)
- to collect the wreckage.
- e gravi morbo recreari or se colligere
- to recruit oneself after a severe illness.
- famam ante collectam tueri, conservare
- to live up to one's reputation.
- multa exempla in unum (locum) colligere
- to collect, accumulate instances.
- gloriam colligere, in summam gloriam venire
- to become famous, distinguish oneself.
- concludere, colligere, efficere, cogere ex aliqua re
- to draw a conclusion from a thing.
- coniectura assequi, consequi, aliquid coniectura colligere
- to conjecture.
- benevolentiam, favorem, voluntatem alicuius sibi conciliare or colligere (ex aliqua re)
- to find favour with some one; to get into their good graces.
col-lĭgo (conl-), lēgi, lectum, 3,
I. v. a. [2. lego, ĕre], to gather or collect together into a whole or to a point, to assemble, draw or bring together, collect (class. and very freq.),
I. Prop.
A. In gen.
1. Of things:
omnia praesegmina, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 34: stipulam, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 62; cf.: omnia furtim, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 273, 28: radices palmarum, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 87: apes in vas, Varr. R. R. 2, 16, 37: ossa, Tib. 3, 2, 19; cf. reliquias, Suet. Tib. 54 fin.; id. Calig. 3: materiem nostram Post obitum, Lucr. 3, 847 (and Hom. Il. 24, 793): sparsos per colla capillos in nodum, Ov. M. 3, 170; 8, 319; and poet. transf. to the person: immissos hederā collecta capillos Calliope, etc., id. ib. 5, 338; so, sinus fluentes, Verg. A. 1, 320: flores, Ov. M. 5, 399: riguo horto olus, id. ib. 8, 646: de purpureis vitibus uvas, id. ib. 8, 676: fructus, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 1: omnia venena, * Cat. 14, 19: sarmenta virgultaque, Caes. B. G. 3, 18: serpentes, Nep. Hann. 10, 4: naufragium, Cic. Sest. 6, 15: mortualia, glossaria conlegitis et lexidia, res taetras et inanes, Domit. ap. Gell. 18, 7, 3: pecuniam, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 47: viatica, id. ib. 2, 2, 26; cf.: stipem a tyrannis, to obtain by begging, Liv. 38, 45, 9: aër umorem colligens, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101: imbres, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 15; cf.: pluvias aquas, Quint. 10, 1, 109; 5, 14, 31: ventus per loca subcava terrae Collectus, Lucr. 6, 558: procellam, id. 6, 124: spiritum, Plin. 19, 6, 26, § 78; Quint. 11, 3, 53: flatus cornibus, Sil. 14, 390: collectae ex alto nubes, heaped together, Verg. G. 1, 324: pulvis collectus turbine, Hor. S. 1, 4, 31; and poet.: pulverem Olympicum Collegisse juvat, i. e. to have covered himself with it, id. C. 1, 1, 4: luna revertentes colligit ignes, Verg. G. 1, 427: antiqua verba et figuras, Suet. Gram. 10: equos, to check, restrain, stop, Ov. M. 2, 398; so, gressum, Sil. 6, 399: gradum, id. 7, 695; so, fig. iram, id. 9, 477; and of the operation of medicine: acria viscerum colligere, Plin. 19, 6, 26, § 85: hastas, to draw back (opp. protendere), Tac. A. 2, 21: librum, to catch a falling book, Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 5: apparatu nobis (sc. oratoribus) opus est et rebus exquisitis, undique collectis, arcessitis, comportatis, Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 92; cf.: interea, dum haec, quae dispersa sunt, cogantur, id. ib. 1, 42, 191: sarcinas; to pack one's luggage for a journey: annus octogesimus admonet me, ut sarcinas colligam ante quam proficiscar e vitā, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 1; also: sarcinas conligere = sarcinas conferre, to gather and put in order the baggage of an army before a battle, Sall. J. 97, 4: vasa, milit. t. t.., to pack together, pack up, to break up the camp for a march, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 40; Liv. 21, 47, 2; 22, 30, 1: arma = remos, i. e. to take in hand, take up, Verg. A. 5, 15 Forbig. ad loc.—2. Of persons, mostly milit., to collect, assemble, bring together:
exercitus collectus ex senibus desperatis, Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5: ex urbe, ex agris, numerum hominum, id. ib. 2, 4, 8: milites, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 133: reliquos ex fugā, Nep. Hann. 6 fin.: manu collectā in Thraciam introiit, id. Alcib. 7, 4; cf. Liv. 1, 5, 4, and Tac. Agr. 37: de pagis omnibus bonos viros, Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 12: se colligere, to gather, collect: in moenia, Sil. 10, 390: ex regno alicujus, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 24: ad. aciem, Auct. B. Afr. 70; so, collecti, those who have collected: in aestuaria ac paludes, Caes. B. G. 2, 28; cf. Tac. A. 2, 11.—B. Esp., with the accessory idea of shortening, by bringing together, to contract, draw up, compress, collect, concentrate (mostly poet. for the more usual contraho, coërceo, etc.):
in spiram tractu se colligit anguis, Verg. G. 2, 154; cf.: cogebantur breviore spatio et ipsi orbem colligere, Liv. 2, 50, 7: alitis in parvae subitam collecta figuram, Verg. A. 12, 862 Wagn. N. cr.: apicem collectus in unum, Ov. M. 13, 910: pedes, to compress, Tib. 1, 8, 14: volumina collecta in artum, Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 45: se collegit in arma, covered himself with or concealed himself behind his shield, Verg. A. 12, 491; cf. id. ib. 10, 412 (post scutum se clausit, Serv.; Gr. συσταλεὶς ἐν ἀσπίδι, ἐπʼ ἀσπίδος); cf. Stat. Th. 11, 545; Sil. 10, 255; 10, 129: pallium, to gather up, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 9: togam, Mart. 7, 33, 4: 12, 48, 5: per vulnera colligit hostes, causes them to retreat, Sil. 10, 3.—Hence, b. Medic. t. t., to make thick, to thicken (cf. cogo), Scrib. Comp. 95; 129; 138; 169; cf. Plin. 34, 11, 27, § 114.—
II. Trop.
A. To bring together, collect, to get, gain, acquire, produce, etc. (very freq. and class.):
sescentae ad eam rem causae possunt conligi, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 62: conlectis omnibus bellis civilibus, i. e. brought together in speaking, adduced, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1; cf. id. Sest. 6, 15: flammarum iras, Lucr. 1, 723; cf. Hor. A. P. 160; Val. Fl. 7, 335: multaque facete dicta, ut ea, quae a sene Catone collecta sunt, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; 1, 42, 191: res undique conlectae, id. ib. 3, 24, 92: quaedam conlecta edere, Quint. 5, 10, 120: sparsa argumenta, id. 5, 7, 18: antiqua verba, Suet. Gram. 10: omnes rumorum et contionum ventos, Cic. Clu. 28, 77: rumorem bonum, id. Leg. 1, 19, 50: peccata consulum, id. ib. 3, 10, 23: vestigia Pythagoreorum, id. Tusc. 4, 2, 3: existimationem multo sudore, id. Div. in Caecil. 22, 72: benevolentiam civium blanditiis, id. Lael. 17, 61: magnam gratiam magnamque dignitatem ex hoc labore, id. Q. Fr. 2, 15 (16), 1: auctoritatem, Caes. B. G. 6, 12: famam clementiae, Liv. 21, 48, 10: tantum amoris favorisque, Suet. Claud. 12; Prop. 2 (3), 14, 9. invidiam crudelitatis ex eo, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 19: crimina majestatis, Plin. Pan. 33 fin.: sitim, Verg. G. 3, 327; Ov. M. 5, 446; 6, 341 (cf.: adducere sitim, Hor. C. 4, 12, 13): frigus, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 13: rabiem, Verg. A. 9, 63; Ov. M. 1, 234; 9, 212: odium, id. ib. 3, 258: usum patiendi, id. Am. 1, 8, 75: vires usu, id. A. A. 2, 339; cf. Liv. 29, 30, 5; Sil. 4, 307.—b. Of number, distance, etc., to amount or come to, extend; pass., to be reckoned (rare, and only in post-Aug. prose):
ut LX. passus plerique (rami) orbe colligant, Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23: ambitus per frontem centum duos pedes colligit, id. 36, 12, 17, § 77: ad quos (consules) a regno Numae colliguntur anni DXXXV., id. 13, 13, 27, § 85; so Tac. G. 37; id. Or. 17.—B. Colligere se or animum, mentem, etc., to collect one's self, to compose one's self, to recover one's courage, resolution, etc. (very freq. and class.):
quid est autem se ipsum colligere, nisi dissipatas animi partes rursum in suum locum cogere? Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, 78: se, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 195 P.; Lucr. 3, 925; Cic. Quint. 16, 53; id. Div. 1, 27, 57; id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 37; id. Fam. 5, 18, 1; id. de Or. 1, 7, 24; id. Tusc. 1, 24, 58; Caes. B. C. 1, 14: se colligere, to rally, id. B.G. 5, 17: se ex timore, id. B.C. 3, 65; Suet. Calig. 50: animos, Liv. 3, 60, 11; cf. in pass., id. 10, 41, 13: animum, Tac. A. 1, 12; Suet. Ner. 48: animum cogitationemque, Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 14: mentem, Ov. M. 14, 352; cf.: mentem cum vultu, id. Am. 1, 14, 55: paulatim mente collectā, Curt. 8, 6, 22; cf.: colligere spiritum, to take breath, Quint. 11, 3, 53.—C. To gather up in memory, put together in the mind, to think upon, weigh, consider:
cum et nostrae rei publicae detrimenta considero, et maximarum civitatum veteres animo calamitates colligo, Cic. Inv. 1, 1, 1: ut memineris, quae, etc.... quae, si colliges, et sperabis omnia optime, et, etc., id. Fam. 4, 13, 7; 6, 2, 4: levis haec insania quantas Virtutes habeat, sic collige, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 119; cf.: sic collige mecum, id. S. 2, 1, 51. —Esp. freq., b. To put together mentally, etc., i. e. to gather, conclude, deduce, infer from what precedes (most freq. in Quint.); constr.: aliquid, aliquid ex aliquā re, per aliquam rem, aliquā re.—With ex:
ex eo colligere potes, quantā occupatione distinear, Cic. Att. 2, 23, 1; so Quint. 5, 10, 80; 7, 2, 3; 7, 8, 6; 8, 4, 16; 4, 4, 5 al.; Suet. Tib. 67.—With per: aliquid per aliud, Quint. 5, 10, 11; so id. 4, 2, 81.—With abl. without a prep.: quod multis et acutis conclusionibus colligunt, Quint. 2, 20, 5; so id. 3, 6, 103; 5, 13, 14; 6, 3, 37; 7, 4, 1 al.; Col. 4, 3, 2 al.—With inde: paucitatem inde hostium colligentes, Liv. 7, 37, 9: bene colligit, haec pueris et mulierculis esse grata, Cic. Off. 2, 16, 57: neque hoc colligi desideramus, disertiores esse antiquos, etc., Tac. Or. 27; Quint. 5, 14, 22; 7, 3, 18; 1, 10, 42; Ov. M. 11, 380; Pers. 5, 85.—Hence, 1. collectus, a, um, P. a., contracted, narrow (opp. effusus):
tanto beatior, quanto collectior, App. Mag. 21, p. 287: corpora collectiora (opp. effusiora), Calp. Flacc. Decl. 2, p. 795: tempus collectius, Tert. Monog. 14.—Adv.: collectē, summarily, briefly, strictly: ponere aliquod verbum, Non. p. 164, 1.—2. collectum, i, n., that which is collected as food, Plin. 11, 37, 60, § 159.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincolligō
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti Proto-Italic *legō Latin legō Latin colligō From con- + legō (“bring together, gather, collect”).
Gallo-Romance
- Catalancollir
- Frenchcueillirfrom Old French coillir
- Englishcullfrom Old French coillir
- Englishcoilfrom Old French coillir
- Occitanculhir
- Occitanculir
- Occitancuèlher
- Occitancòlher
- Franco-Provençalcuelyir
- Franco-Provençalcuèdre
Insular Romance
- Sardiniancoglire
- Sardiniancollire
- Sardiniancullire
- Sardiniangollire
Balkan Romance
- Romanianculege
- Romanianculegere
- Aromanianculeg
- Aromanianculeadziri
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesecolherfrom Old Galician-Portuguese colher
- Spanishcoger
- Aragonesecullir
- Aragoneseculre
- Asturiancoyerfrom Old Leonese coller
- Asturiancoerfrom Old Leonese coller
- Asturiancuyerfrom Old Leonese coller
- Leonesecucherefrom Old Leonese coller
- Leonesecuyerefrom Old Leonese coller
- Mirandesecolherfrom Old Leonese coller
Borrowings
- Portuguesecoligir
- Spanishcolegir
- Polishkoligować
Italo-Romance
- Italiancogliere
- Neapolitancògghie
- Siciliancògghiri
North Italian
- Emiliancójjer
- Friuliancuei
- Liguriancugì
- Piedmontesecheuje
- Piedmontesecoj
- Piedmontesecujì
- Romanshcleger
- Romanshculeir
- Romanshcler
Elsewhere
- Vulgar Latin*accolligere