recolligo Latin · revision 34372

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=43 BC–18 AD, Ovid|origins=la legō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [rɛˈkɔl.lɪ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [reˈkɔl.li.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''recolligō''' (present infinitive recolligere, perfect active recollēgī, supine recollēctum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''reconligō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|re-|colligō#1|t2=to gather, collect]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) That verb is a compound of [[m|la|com-]] and [[m|la|legō#2|t=to gather]], which goes back to [[ine-pro|*leǵ-e/o-|t=to collect]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short call it mostly post-Augustan.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The OLD’s earliest citations are Ovid’s reflexive ''teque ipsa recolligis'', “and you pull yourself together”, and the elder Seneca’s remark that it is hard to gather up a worn-down fortune again.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first sense is gathering up again what has been scattered: Lucan has scattered fires gathered up again, and Justin a multitude roaming about and captives.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) It is used of getting back dispersed property, of regaining one’s strength after illness, and of recovering something in the mind;^(OLD 2012) Pliny the Younger uses it of reconstructing a speech of his as best he could.^(OLD 2012) With ''se'' or ''animum'' it means to pull oneself together, take heart.^(OLD 2012)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014) Ovid also speaks of recovering one’s early years.^(Gaffiot 2016) Through its past participle ''recollēctus'' it gave English ''recollect''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it reflexively for pulling oneself together.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of greed gathering up again what has been scattered.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of people who do not regain their strength after a long illness.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1550s – English borrows ''recollect'' from the past participle ''recollēctus''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|gather]] up again (what is scattered), to [[m|en|reassemble]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To get back (dispersed property).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To recover in the mind, [[m|en|recollect]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To regain (one’s strength); ''(reflexive)'' to recover.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(reflexive, or with'' [[animus|alt=animum]]'')'' To pull oneself together, take [[m|en|heart]].^(OLD 2012)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|recollect]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A rare first-conjugation ''recolligō, -āre'', “to tie back together”, made from [[m|la|re-]] and [[colligō#2]], is found on a curse tablet from Carnuntum of the late 2nd century AD: ''recoligatis manibus'', “with hands tied behind”.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}