conlēga or collēga

col-lēga ( conl-), ae, m. [1. lego].

Lit., one who is chosen at the same time with another:

collegae, qui una lecti,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.—Hence,

Esp., a partner in office, a colleague (freq. and class.):

bis una consules, collegae in censurā,

Cic. Lael. 11, 39:

Pericles cum haberet collegam in praeturā Sophoclem,

id. Off. 1, 40, 144:

in consulatu,

Plin. 19, 8, 45, § 156:

consulatūs,

Vell. 2, 56, 4:

habere,

Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 85: ibi M. Marcellum, conlegam nostrum, conveni, Serv. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 1 sq.; Hor. S. 1, 6, 40:

dare alicui,

Nep. Alcib. 3, 1; 7, 1:

esse alicui,

Tac. H. 3, 66:

se consulatui ejus destinavit,

id. A. 2, 42.—

Transf., of an associate in other than official position, a colleague, associate, companion, fellow:

Metrodorus, Epicuri collega sapientiae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 40, 114; a fellow-member of a club or sodalitia, Cic. Sull. 2, 7; a joint-guardian, Dig. 26, 7, 13 and 45; fellow-slaves, Plaut. As. 3, 2, 10 and 30; a fellow-actor, Juv. 8, 197; joint-heirs, Dig. 27, 1, 41; 42 and 46 al.