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+ {{homograph|1|gatherer}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Pseudo-Rufinus|origins=ine-pro *leǵ-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔlˈleːk.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kolˈlɛk.tor]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''collēctor''' ''m'' (genitive collēctōris, feminine collēctrīx); third declension^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Etymology==
+ The gatherer is from [[colligō]] “to gather together” with the agent suffix [[-tor]]; ⟨colligō⟩ is from [[con-]] and [[legō]] “to gather”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces ⟨legō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*leǵ-|t=to collect]].^(de Vaan 2008)
+
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Gaffiot and Köbler cite the commentary on Amos ascribed to Rufinus, of the 4th or 5th century.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It was one who gathers or amasses, a Late Latin word.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Medieval Latin it was a collector of taxes or tithes.^(Niermeyer 1976) [[en|collector]] (late 14th century, “gatherer of taxes”) came through Anglo-French ''collectour''.^(Etymonline)
+
+ ==Timeline==
+ * 4th/5th century AD – Pseudo-Rufinus uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1189 – the MLW records it in medieval use.^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''collector'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A [[m|en|collector]], one who gathers.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A collector of [[m|en|tax|alt=taxes]] or [[m|en|tithe|alt=tithes]].^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ {{homograph|2|fellow student}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Augustine|origins=la con-, la lēctor}}
+
+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔlˈleːk.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kolˈlɛk.tor]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''collēctor''' ''m'' (genitive collēctōris, feminine collēctrīx); third declension^(Wiktionary)
+ Also spelled ''conlēctor''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+
+ ==Etymology==
+ The fellow student is from [[con-]] “together” and [[lēctor]] “reader”.^(TLL)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Lewis & Short, Gaffiot and Köbler cite Augustine's ''Confessions''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Augustine 354–430 AD.^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ In Augustine it was a fellow student, a schoolfellow.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Stelten 1995)
+
+ British Medieval Latin used it for a fellow lector in the Church, as in a letter of Cuthbert.^(DMLBS)
+
+ ==Timeline==
+ * 354–430 AD – Augustine uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A fellow student, [[m|en|schoolfellow]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A fellow [[m|en|lector]].^(DMLBS)
+
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[colligō]]
+ * [[collēctiō]]
+ * [[lēctor]]
+ * [[en|collector]]
+
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}