Lewis Short
collĭgātĭo | conl- (noun F) : (), , 2. colligo
* A binding together, connection (rare).
* Prop.: ex his colligationibus,Cic. Univ. 7, 21: tota operis colligatio,Val. Max. 8, 14, 6; cf.: inter quattuor (elementa),Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6, 28.
* In mechanics, a ligature, band, fastening, Vitr. 10, 1.
* Trop. (only in Cic.): causarum omnium,Cic. Div. 1, 56, 127: colligatione naturali omnia fiunt,id. Fat. 14, 31: artior societatis propinquorum,id. Off. 1, 17, 53.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary