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Pronunciation

  • Classical: [kɔlˈlaː.ti.oː][1]
  • Ecclesiastical: [kolˈlat.t͡si.o][1]

Forms

collātiō f (genitive collātiōnis); third declension[1] It is also spelled conlātiō.[2][3]

Etymology

It is from Latin cōnferō (“to bring together”) + -tiō, built on the participle stem ⟨collāt-⟩.[2][1][4] De Vaan explains the participle of ferō (“to carry”) and its compounds as an old participle of another root, Proto-Italic *tlāto- from Proto-Indo-European *tlh₂-to- (“lifted”), while the present goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-e/o- (“to carry”).[5]

Earliest recorded meaning

The OLD's first citation is Plautus' Miles gloriosus, of the coming together of two people's wickedness, a combination.[2][3]

Semantic evolution

Its first concrete sense is a placing together: Cicero has collātiō signōrum, the clash of standards in a pitched battle.[2][3] Of money it is a contribution to the state, the emperor or a common fund: Livy has people bringing heavy bronze in carts and making a showy contribution.[2][3] In law collātiō bonōrum was the bringing of an heir's property into the common estate before it was divided.[2][3] From placing side by side it came to mean comparison: the Rhetorica ad Herennium uses it of comparing what is written with what the opponents say they did, and of a simile or analogy.[2] Varro and the grammarians call the comparative secunda collātiō and the superlative tertia collātiō.[2][3] In Medieval Latin it means a conversation, a conference, an address or homily, the evening meal in a monastery at which Cassian's Collationes were read, a grant, the collation of a church benefice, and the checking of a copy against its original.[6] Stelten gives "meeting, conference, discussion" for Church Latin.[7]

Timeline

  • c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a combination of wickedness.[2][8]
  • 81–43 BC – Cicero of the clash of standards and of comparison.[3][8]
  • 116–27 BC – Varro of grammatical comparison.[2]
  • 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of a contribution of money.[2][3]
  • late 14th century – collation appears in English, from Old French.[4]

Meanings

Noun

  1. A placing together, juxtaposition;[2][3] collātiō signōrum, an engagement in a pitched battle.[2][3]
  2. A putting together, combination (of things that are not material).[2][3][1]
  3. A payment or contribution of money or goods to the state, the emperor or a common fund; a fund so raised.[2][3][1]
  4. (law) collātiō bonōrum, the bringing of an heir's property into the estate before division.[2][3]
  5. A placing together for comparison; a parallel, simile or analogy; a comparing of information.[2][3][1]
  6. (grammar) Comparison;[2][3] secunda collātiō, the comparative, tertia collātiō, the superlative.[2][3]
  7. (Medieval Latin) A discussion, conference; an address, homily.[6][7]
  8. (Medieval Latin) The evening meal in a monastery, at which Cassian's Collationes were read.[6]
  9. (Medieval Latin) A grant; the conferring of a church benefice; the checking of a copy against the original.[6][9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  4. ^ a b Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
  5. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
  6. ^ a b c d Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill
  7. ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
  8. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  9. ^ Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press