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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=la laedō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kɔlˈliː.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [kolˈliː.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''collīdō''' (present infinitive collīdere, perfect active collīsī, supine collīsum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Manuscripts often spell it ''conl-''.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|con-|laedō|t2=to hurt, strike]], with the vowel weakened in the compound.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan finds no certain cognates for [[m|la|laedō]];^(de Vaan 2008) Etymonline calls it of unknown origin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short's first citations are Lucretius and Cicero's ''De natura deorum'', of moisture that is easily pressed and squeezed together.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short call it rare and mostly post-Augustan, most frequent in Quintilian.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It means to batter or crush: Cicero speaks of silver vessels crushed out of shape, and Celsus of something ruptured and crushed inside the body.^(OLD 2012) It also means to dash together: Sallust has waves dashed together that seem to bark, and Seneca tells someone to strike their hands together.^(OLD 2012) Quintilian uses ''collīdere manūs'' for clapping, and the passive of the teeth chattering.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it means to bring into conflict: Horace speaks of Greece embroiled with the barbarians in a long war,^(OLD 2012) and Quintilian uses it of consonants that clash.^(OLD 2012) Stelten gives "strike together, bruise, crush" for Church Latin.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of crushed silver vessels.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust of waves dashed together.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of Greece embroiled with the barbarians.^(OLD 2012)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian of clapping and clashing consonants.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

+ * 1620s – [[m|en|collide]] appears in English.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To batter, [[m|en|crush]], deform.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To dash or strike together;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ''(of the hands)'' to clap;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ''(passive, of teeth)'' to chatter.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(figurative)'' To bring into [[m|en|conflict]];^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''(passive)'' to be at variance;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''(of letters)'' to clash.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[collīsiō]]

+ * [[collīsus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[laedō]]

+ * [[ēlīdō]]

+ * [[allīdō]]

+ * [[illīdō]]

+ * [[en|collide]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}