collectus Latin · revision 35912

+ {{homograph|1|compact}}

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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=98–115 AD, Tacitus|origins=ine-pro *leǵ-e/o-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''collēctus''' (feminine collēcta, neuter collēctum, comparative collēctior); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The adjective is the perfect passive participle [[der|la|colligō#1|t=to gather, collect]], used as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016) De Vaan lists ⟨colligere⟩ among the compounds of [[m|la|legō#2|t=to gather]], which goes back to [[itc-pro|*leg-e-]] and [[ine-pro|*leǵ-e/o-|t=to collect]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Georges, Gaffiot and Conte cite Tacitus' ''Dialogus'' for a terse and concentrated style of speaking, ''adstrictum et collectum dicendi genus''.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Besides the senses of the verb, it means compact or drawn together:^(OLD 2012) a declamation of Calpurnius Flaccus contrasts bodies that are more compact with others that are more spread out.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) It also meant restricted or modest: Apuleius says he will be the happier the more restricted his way of life.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010) Tertullian uses the comparative of time that is shorter, and an Old Latin version of 1 Corinthians has ''tempus in collecto est'', the time is short.^(Georges 1913) In Ecclesiastical Latin it means contracted, narrow or shut.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of a concise style.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses the comparative of a restricted life.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian uses it of shortened time.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|compact|alt=Compact]], drawn together;^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) (of style) [[m|en|concise]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # Restricted, modest.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # (of time) Short.^(Georges 1913)

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+ {{homograph|2|heap}}

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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *leǵ-e/o-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''collēctus''' ''m'' (genitive collēctūs); fourth declension^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The noun is [[af|la|colligō#1|-tus|t1=to gather, collect]], an action noun of the fourth declension.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found first in Lucretius,^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) who uses it of a collection of water and of a heap of stones.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means a heap or pile, or an accumulation of liquid:^(OLD 2012) the poem ''Aetna'' and Frontinus use it of collected rainwater.^(TLL)^(Georges 1913) Tertullian uses it of a collection of gold and silver.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of collected water and of a heap of stones.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 37–68 AD – The ''Aetna'' uses it of collected water.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian uses it of a hoard of gold and silver.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|heap]], pile; an [[m|en|accumulation]] of liquid.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[colligō#1]]

+ * [[collēctiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}