English → Latin
“collection” in Latin
lēctiōA picking, selecting; A reading, perusal; A chapterconquīsītiōlevy; levying; recruitmentconveniōto convene, assemble, gather, meet or come together; to accost, to call on; to sue, to let be summoned to courtcoitusa coming or meeting; a joining, combination; sexual intercourse, copulationcorōnachaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead; crown; garlandcollātiōcollecting (bringing together); union, combination; comparison, collation (of facts)thēsaurustreasure, hoard; a dear friend, loved one; a vault for treasurecorpusbody, person (person when used to mean "human body", e.g., "on one's person"); substance, material (physical, perceptiblconiectāneamemorandum; commonplace book (of miscellaneous content)dictōto repeat, say often; to dictate (to someone for writing); to compose, express in writing
The English word collection itself goes back to Latin legō, through collēctiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
collection
as act, lectio: colectio; conquisitio [SYN. in COLLECT, v.] : to make or order a collection, of money to be mode, collationem facere.
The result or produce of a collection, thesaurus (of objects of art. etc.): corpus (e.g., of the whole Roman law, omnis juris Romani: of the Holy Scriptures, *corpus librorum sacrorum): a collection of passages, etc. (in general), excerpta: conjectanea (of remarks, etc., Gell., 4, 14, in.): dicta collectanea (of sentences. Suet., Caes., 56): a collection of striking passages from writings, electorum commentarius or commentarii (Plin., Ep., 3, 5, 17).
Assemblage, conventus: coetus; corona (collection of persons who surround a speaker) [Vid: ASSEMBLY].
Contribution of money, collatio; e.g., to make a collection for the poor, collatione uti ad sustinendam tenuiorum inopiam.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for collection?
- The usual Latin words for “collection” are lēctiō, conquīsītiō, conveniō; also coitus, corōna, collātiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.