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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔlˈleː.ɡi.ũː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kolˈlɛː.d͡ʒi.um]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''collēgium''' ''n'' (genitive collēgiī or collēgī); second declension^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[collēga]] “colleague” with the suffix [[-ium]], and ⟨collēga⟩ is from [[con-]] and [[legō]] “to choose”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's first source is an inscription of the 3rd century BC.^(Köbler 2010) The OLD's first literary citation is Plautus, of a guild.^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant the connection of colleagues, the holding of a joint office, as Livy's harmony between consuls, and a college or board of priests, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It meant a guild, club, fraternity of those in the same trade or with a common interest, as in Plautus, a board of magistrates, as the tribunes, and a committee.^(OLD 2012) Inscriptions have forms such as ''conlegium'' and ''colegi''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Medieval Latin it meant a fellowship, corporation, a monastic community, a collegiate church, and a college of a university.^(DMLBS)^(Stelten 1995) Italian ''collegio'' and Spanish ''colegio'' are borrowings.^(Wiktionary) Through Old French it is the source of [[en|college]] in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 3rd century BC – An inscription uses it.^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of a guild.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a college of priests.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''college'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A college or board of priests.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A guild, club, society.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A board of magistrates; a committee.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Colleagueship, joint office.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|college]]; a collegiate church.^(DMLBS)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[collēgiālis]]
+ * [[collēgiārius]]
+ * [[collēgiātus]]
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[collēga]]
+ * [[legō]]
+ * [[en|college]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}