colligo

Latin

Alternative forms

• conligō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkol.li.ɡoː/, [ˈkɔlːʲɪɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkol.li.ɡo/, [ˈkɔlːiɡo]

Etymology 1

From con- +‎ legō (“bring together, gather, collect”).

Verb

colligō (present infinitive colligere, perfect active collēgī, supine collēctum); third conjugation

1. to gather, draw, bring or collect (together), assemble, pick up; contract, draw up, compress, concentrate; harvest

   Synonyms: cōgō, stīpō, glomerō, compellō, congerō, cōnserō, contrahō, cōnstruō, coniungō, cōnferō

   • 160 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Adelphoe 5.3.59–63:

     DĒMEA. Ego istuc vīderō,
     atque ibi favīllae plēna, fūmī ac pollinis
     coquendō sit faxō et molendō. Praeter haec
     merīdiē ipsō faciam ut stipulam colligat.
     Tam excoctam reddam atque ātram quam carbō est.

     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.

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 3.18:

     Quā 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.

2. to make thick, thicken; bind or mass together

   Synonyms: cumulō, struō, accumulō

3. to get, gain, acquire, produce, collect

   Synonyms: acquīrō, adipīscor, cōnsequor, parō, pariō, lucror, impetrō, mereō, sūmō, emō, comparō, potior, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, nancīscor, alliciō, possideō

   Antonym: āmittō

4. to think upon, weigh, consider; deduce, conclude, infer, gather, recollect
5. (in a reflexive sense) to collect or compose oneself, recover one's courage or resolution
6. (of a number, chiefly a distance) to amount or come to, extend; be reckoned (in a passive sense)

Conjugation

Conjugation of colligō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	colligō	colligis	colligit	colligimus	colligitis	colligunt
	imperfect	colligēbam	colligēbās	colligēbat	colligēbāmus	colligēbātis	colligēbant
	future	colligam	colligēs	colliget	colligēmus	colligētis	colligent
	perfect	collēgī	collēgistī	collēgit	collēgimus	collēgistis	collēgērunt, collēgēre
	pluperfect	collēgeram	collēgerās	collēgerat	collēgerāmus	collēgerātis	collēgerant
	future perfect	collēgerō	collēgeris	collēgerit	collēgerimus	collēgeritis	collēgerint
passive	present	colligor	colligeris, colligere	colligitur	colligimur	colligiminī	colliguntur
	imperfect	colligēbar	colligēbāris, colligēbāre	colligēbātur	colligēbāmur	colligēbāminī	colligēbantur
	future	colligar	colligēris, colligēre	colligētur	colligēmur	colligēminī	colligentur
	perfect	collēctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	collēctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	collēctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	colligam	colligās	colligat	colligāmus	colligātis	colligant
	imperfect	colligerem	colligerēs	colligeret	colligerēmus	colligerētis	colligerent
	perfect	collēgerim	collēgerīs	collēgerit	collēgerīmus	collēgerītis	collēgerint
	pluperfect	collēgissem	collēgissēs	collēgisset	collēgissēmus	collēgissētis	collēgissent
passive	present	colligar	colligāris, colligāre	colligātur	colligāmur	colligāminī	colligantur
	imperfect	colligerer	colligerēris, colligerēre	colligerētur	colligerēmur	colligerēminī	colligerentur
	perfect	collēctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	collēctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	collige	—	—	colligite	—
	future	—	colligitō	colligitō	—	colligitōte	colliguntō
passive	present	—	colligere	—	—	colligiminī	—
	future	—	colligitor	colligitor	—	—	colliguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		colligere	collēgisse	collēctūrum esse	colligī	collēctum esse	collēctum īrī
participles		colligēns	—	collēctūrus	—	collēctus	colligendus, colligundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		colligendī	colligendō	colligendum	colligendō	collēctum	collēctū

Derived terms

• collēcta
• collēctāculum
• collēctāneus
• collēctārius
• collēctē
• collēcticius
• collēctim
• collēctiō
• collēctīvus
• collēctor
• collēctus
• recolligō

 

Related terms

• allegō
• dīligō
• ēligō
• intellegō
• legō
• neglegō
• perlegō
• praelegō
• relegō
• sēligō
• sublegō

 

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: culeg, culeadziri
  • Romanian: culege, culegere
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: cogliere
  • Neapolitan: cògghie (Apulia)
  • Sicilian: cògghiri
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: coglire, collire, cullire, gollire
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: cuei
  • Ligurian: cugì
  • Piedmontese: cheuje, coj, cujì
  • Romansch: cleger, culeir, cler
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: collir
  • Franco-Provençal: cuelyir, cuèdre, colyir
  • Old French: coillir, cueudre
    • French: cueillir
    • Norman: tchilyi (Jersey)
    • Picard: tcheuiller
    • → English: cull, coil
  • Occitan: culhir, culir, cuèlher, còlher
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: cullir, culre (Ribagorçan)
  • Asturian: coyer
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: colher
    • Galician: coller
    • Portuguese: colher
  • Spanish: coger
• Vulgar Latin: *accolligere (see there for further descendants)
• Borrowings:
  • → Polish: koligować
  • → Portuguese: coligir
  • → Spanish: colegir

Etymology 2

From con- +‎ ligō (“tie, bind, fasten”).

Verb

colligō (present infinitive colligāre, perfect active colligāvī, supine colligātum); first conjugation

1. to bind, tie or fasten together or up, connect; bandage

   Synonyms: illigō, ligō, dēligō, cōnserō, cōnfīgō, adalligō, alligō, nectō, cōnectō, dēfīgō, fīgō, vinculō, dēstinō

   Antonyms: explicō, absolvō, dissolvō, solvō

2. (figuratively) to unite, combine, connect

   Synonyms: applicō, implicō, contribuō, iungō, iniungō, coniungō, consociō, contrahō, conciliō

3. (figuratively, in the sense of preventing free motion) to restrain, check, stop, hinder

   Synonyms: impediō, obstō, moror, arceō, supprimō, cūnctor, contineō, retineō, intersaepiō, refrēnō, inclūdō

Conjugation

Conjugation of colligō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	colligō	colligās	colligat	colligāmus	colligātis	colligant
	imperfect	colligābam	colligābās	colligābat	colligābāmus	colligābātis	colligābant
	future	colligābō	colligābis	colligābit	colligābimus	colligābitis	colligābunt
	perfect	colligāvī	colligāvistī	colligāvit	colligāvimus	colligāvistis	colligāvērunt, colligāvēre
	pluperfect	colligāveram	colligāverās	colligāverat	colligāverāmus	colligāverātis	colligāverant
	future perfect	colligāverō	colligāveris	colligāverit	colligāverimus	colligāveritis	colligāverint
passive	present	colligor	colligāris, colligāre	colligātur	colligāmur	colligāminī	colligantur
	imperfect	colligābar	colligābāris, colligābāre	colligābātur	colligābāmur	colligābāminī	colligābantur
	future	colligābor	colligāberis, colligābere	colligābitur	colligābimur	colligābiminī	colligābuntur
	perfect	colligātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	colligātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	colligātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	colligem	colligēs	colliget	colligēmus	colligētis	colligent
	imperfect	colligārem	colligārēs	colligāret	colligārēmus	colligārētis	colligārent
	perfect	colligāverim	colligāverīs	colligāverit	colligāverīmus	colligāverītis	colligāverint
	pluperfect	colligāvissem	colligāvissēs	colligāvisset	colligāvissēmus	colligāvissētis	colligāvissent
passive	present	colliger	colligēris, colligēre	colligētur	colligēmur	colligēminī	colligentur
	imperfect	colligārer	colligārēris, colligārēre	colligārētur	colligārēmur	colligārēminī	colligārentur
	perfect	colligātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	colligātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	colligā	—	—	colligāte	—
	future	—	colligātō	colligātō	—	colligātōte	colligantō
passive	present	—	colligāre	—	—	colligāminī	—
	future	—	colligātor	colligātor	—	—	colligantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		colligāre	colligāvisse	colligātūrum esse	colligārī	colligātum esse	colligātum īrī
participles		colligāns	—	colligātūrus	—	colligātus	colligandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		colligandī	colligandō	colligandum	colligandō	colligātum	colligātū

Derived terms

• colligātē
• colligātiō

Related terms

• alligō
• circumligō
• dēligō
• ligō
• obligō
• praeligō
• religō
• subligō

 

Descendants

• Italian: collegare
• Sicilian: cullijari
• → Catalan: col·ligar
• → English: colligate
• → French: colliger
• → Portuguese: coligar
• → Spanish: coligar

References

• “colligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• colligo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to gain strength: vires colligere
    
  • to become thirsty: sitim colligere
    
  • to recruit oneself after a severe illness: e gravi morbo recreari or se colligere
    
  • to beg alms: stipem colligere
    
  • to find favour with some one; to get into their good graces: benevolentiam, favorem, voluntatem alicuius sibi conciliare or colligere (ex aliqua re)
    
  • to win golden opinions from every one: omnium undique laudem colligere
    
  • to become famous, distinguish oneself: gloriam colligere, in summam gloriam venire
    
  • to conjecture: coniectura assequi, consequi, aliquid coniectura colligere
    
  • to collect, accumulate instances: multa exempla in unum (locum) colligere
    
  • to draw a conclusion from a thing: concludere, colligere, efficere, cogere ex aliqua re
    
  • to recover from one's fright: ex metu se recreare, se colligere
    
  • to take courage: animum capere, colligere
    
  • to incur a person's hatred: invidiam colligere (aliqua re)
    
  • to pack the baggage (for marching): vasa colligere (Liv. 21. 47)
    
  • to collect the wreckage: naufragium colligere (Sest. 6. 15)