collecta Latin · revision 9209

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la legō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔlˈleːk.ta]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kolˈlɛk.ta]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''collēcta''' ''f'' (genitive collēctae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''conlēcta''; the neuter plural ''collēcta'' means collected sayings.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the feminine of ⟨collēctus⟩, the participle of [[colligō]] “to gather”, used as a noun, with ⟨pecūnia⟩ “money” understood.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite Cicero, of a diner's share of the bill.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a contribution of money, a share of the reckoning, as in Cicero, and in Jerome a collection for charity and an assembly, a meeting.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant a gathering, the service before a procession, and the first prayer of the Mass, said once the people had assembled.^(Niermeyer 1976) In Ecclesiastical Latin it is the Collect at Mass.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''colletta'', French ''cueillette'' “picking” and Portuguese ''colheita'' “harvest”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a contribution.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 383–419/420 AD – Jerome uses it of an assembly.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A contribution, share of the bill.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' A collection; an assembly.^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' The [[m|en|collect]] of the Mass.^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[colligō]]

+ * [[collēctiō]]

+ * [[en|collect]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}