Lewis Short
(prep.P. a.) : col-lĭgo (conl-), lēgi, lectum, 3
* V.a. [2. lego, ĕre], to gather or collect together into a whole or to a point, to assemble, draw or bring together, collect (class. and very freq.)
* Prop.
* In gen.
* Trop.
* Esp., with the accessory idea of shortening, by bringing together, to contract, draw up, compress, collect, concentrate (mostly poet. for the more usual contraho, coërceo, etc.): in spiram tractu se colligit anguis,Verg. G. 2, 154; cf.: cogebantur breviore spatio et ipsi orbem colligere,Liv. 2, 50, 7: alitis in parvae subitam collecta figuram,Verg. A. 12, 862 Wagn. N. cr.: apicem collectus in unum,Ov. M. 13, 910: pedes,to compress,Tib. 1, 8, 14: volumina collecta in artum,Plin. 8, 16, 17, § 45: se collegit in arma, covered himself with or concealed himself behind his shield, Verg. A. 12, 491; cf. id. ib. 10, 412 (post scutum se clausit, Serv.; Gr. συσταλεὶς ἐν ἀσπίδι, ἐπ̓ ἀσπίδος); cf. Stat. Th. 11, 545; Sil. 10, 255; 10, 129: pallium,to gather up,Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 9: togam,Mart. 7, 33, 4: 12, 48, 5: per vulnera colligit hostes,causes them to retreat,Sil. 10, 3.—Hence
* Medic. t. t., to make thick, to thicken (cf. cogo), Scrib. Comp. 95; 129; 138; 169; cf. Plin. 34, 11, 27, § 114.
* To bring together, collect, to get, gain, acquire, produce, etc. (very freq. and class.): sescentae ad eam rem causae possunt conligi,Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 62: conlectis omnibus bellis civilibus,i. e. brought together in speaking, adduced,Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1; cf. id. Sest. 6, 15: flammarum iras,Lucr. 1, 723; cf. Hor. A. P. 160; Val. Fl. 7, 335: multaque facete dicta, ut ea, quae a sene Catone collecta sunt,Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104; 1, 42, 191: res undique conlectae,id. ib. 3, 24, 92: quaedam conlecta edere,Quint. 5, 10, 120: sparsa argumenta,id. 5, 7, 18: antiqua verba, Suet. Gram. 10: omnes rumorum et contionum ventos,Cic. Clu. 28, 77: rumorem bonum,id. Leg. 1, 19, 50: peccata consulum,id. ib. 3, 10, 23: vestigia Pythagoreorum,id. Tusc. 4, 2, 3: existimationem multo sudore,id. Div. in Caecil. 22, 72: benevolentiam civium blanditiis,id. Lael. 17, 61: magnam gratiam magnamque dignitatem ex hoc labore,id. Q. Fr. 2, 15 (16), 1: auctoritatem,Caes. B. G. 6, 12: famam clementiae,Liv. 21, 48, 10: tantum amoris favorisque,Suet. Claud. 12; Prop. 2 (3), 14, 9. invidiam crudelitatis ex eo,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 19: crimina majestatis,Plin. Pan. 33 fin.: sitim,Verg. G. 3, 327; Ov. M. 5, 446; 6, 341 (cf.: adducere sitim,Hor. C. 4, 12, 13): frigus,Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 13: rabiem,Verg. A. 9, 63; Ov. M. 1, 234; 9, 212: odium,id. ib. 3, 258: usum patiendi,id. Am. 1, 8, 75: vires usu,id. A. A. 2, 339; cf. Liv. 29, 30, 5; Sil. 4, 307.
* Of number, distance, etc., to amount or come to, extend; pass., to be reckoned (rare, and only in post-Aug. prose): ut LX. passus plerique (rami) orbe colligant,Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23: ambitus per frontem centum duos pedes colligit,id. 36, 12, 17, § 77: ad quos (consules) a regno Numae colliguntur anni DXXXV.,id. 13, 13, 27, § 85; so Tac. G. 37; id. Or. 17.
* Colligere se or animum, mentem, etc., to collect one's self, to compose one's self, to recover one's courage, resolution, etc. (very freq. and class.): quid est autem se ipsum colligere, nisi dissipatas animi partes rursum in suum locum cogere?Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, 78: se, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 195 P.; Lucr. 3, 925; Cic. Quint. 16, 53; id. Div. 1, 27, 57; id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 37; id. Fam. 5, 18, 1; id. de Or. 1, 7, 24; id. Tusc. 1, 24, 58; Caes. B. C. 1, 14: se colligere,to rally,id. B.G. 5, 17: se ex timore,id. B.C. 3, 65; Suet. Calig. 50: animos,Liv. 3, 60, 11; cf. in pass., id. 10, 41, 13: animum,Tac. A. 1, 12; Suet. Ner. 48: animum cogitationemque,Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 14: mentem,Ov. M. 14, 352; cf.: mentem cum vultu,id. Am. 1, 14, 55: paulatim mente collectā,Curt. 8, 6, 22; cf.: colligere spiritum,to take breath,Quint. 11, 3, 53.
* To gather up in memory, put together in the mind, to think upon, weigh, consider: cum et nostrae rei publicae detrimenta considero, et maximarum civitatum veteres animo calamitates colligo,Cic. Inv. 1, 1, 1: ut memineris, quae, etc.... quae, si colliges, et sperabis omnia optime, et, etc.,id. Fam. 4, 13, 7; 6, 2, 4: levis haec insania quantas Virtutes habeat, sic collige,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 119; cf.: sic collige mecum,id. S. 2, 1, 51. —Esp. freq.
* To put together mentally, etc., i. e. to gather, conclude, deduce, infer from what precedes (most freq. in Quint.); constr.: aliquid, aliquid ex aliquā re, per aliquam rem, aliquā re.—With ex: ex eo colligere potes, quantā occupatione distinear,Cic. Att. 2, 23, 1; so Quint. 5, 10, 80; 7, 2, 3; 7, 8, 6; 8, 4, 16; 4, 4, 5 al.; Suet. Tib. 67.—With per: aliquid per aliud,Quint. 5, 10, 11; so id. 4, 2, 81.—With abl. without a prep.: quod multis et acutis conclusionibus colligunt,Quint. 2, 20, 5; so id. 3, 6, 103; 5, 13, 14; 6, 3, 37; 7, 4, 1 al.; Col. 4, 3, 2 al.—With inde: paucitatem inde hostium colligentes,Liv. 7, 37, 9: bene colligit, haec pueris et mulierculis esse grata,Cic. Off. 2, 16, 57: neque hoc colligi desideramus, disertiores esse antiquos, etc.,Tac. Or. 27; Quint. 5, 14, 22; 7, 3, 18; 1, 10, 42; Ov. M. 11, 380; Pers. 5, 85.—Hence
* Collectus, a, um, P. a., contracted, narrow (opp. effusus): tanto beatior, quanto collectior,App. Mag. 21, p. 287: corpora collectiora (opp. effusiora),Calp. Flacc. Decl. 2, p. 795: tempus collectius,Tert. Monog. 14.—Adv.: collectē, summarily, briefly, strictly: ponere aliquod verbum,Non. p. 164, 1.
* Collectum, i, n., that which is collected as food, Plin. 11, 37, 60, § 159.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
(v. a.adv.) : col-lĭgo (conl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
* To bind, tie, or fasten together, to connect, bind, tie up (in good prose).
* Prop.: omne colligatum solvi potest,Cic. Univ. 11, 35: corpora colligata vinculis naturalibus,id. ib.; cf. id. ib. 5, 13: vasa (of warlike implements; cf. the preced. art., I. A. 1. fin.), Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 16: manus,id. Ep. 5, 2, 23; cf. id. ib. 5, 2, 25, and the common expression in the formula: i, lictor, colliga manus, tie the prisoner's hands, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; Liv. 1, 26, 8: conligavit eum miseris modis, Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 33: pluribus scutis uno ictu pilorum transfixis et colligatis,fastened to one another,Caes. B. G. 1, 25: solum herbis colligatum,thickly overgrown,Col. 2, 17, 5: bitumen vulnera colligat,Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 181; cf.: colligatis vulneribus, * Suet. Tib. 61.
* Trop.
* In gen., to unite, combine, connect (rare except in Cic.): homines inter se sermonis vinclo,Cic. Rep. 3, 2, 3: officiorum genera inter se colligata atque implicata sunt,id. Off. 1, 5, 15; cf.: (res) omnes inter se aptae colligataeque,id. N. D. 1, 4, 9: sententias verbis,to join together rhetorically,id. Or. 50, 168: annorum septingentorum memoriam uno libro,to comprehend, comprise,id. ib. 34, 120.
* With the access. idea of preventing free motion, to restrain, check, stop, hinder: impetum furentis (Antonii),Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 4: Brutum in Graeciā,i. e. to command that he remain there for protection,id. ib. 11, 11, 26: se cum multis,id. Fam. 9, 17, 2.—Hence, collĭgātē, adv., connectedly, jointly: colligatius adhaerere alicui,Aug. Doct. Christ. 1, 28.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary