except at

confĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3 ( perf. subj. confexim, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 39; in pass., besides the regular form conficior, freq., but not in Cic., in acc. with fīo, fieri:

confit,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 7; Lucr. 4, 291; Col. 2, 15, 1; Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 103; 31, 7, 40, § 83; Macr. S. 1, 14, 13; id. Somn. Scip. 2, 3; 1, 2:

confiunt,

Lucr. 4, 738; Arn. 7, 219:

confiat,

Col. 1, 8, 12; Lucr. 4, 929 Lachm.: confiant, Imp. Leo, Cod. 2, 7, 11: confieret, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 3; 9, 7, A, 1; Liv. 5, 50, 7:

confierent,

Suet. Caes. 20; Arn. 2, 73:

confieri,

Lucr. 2, 1069; 5, 889; Caes. B. G. 7, 58; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1; Verg. A. 4, 116; v. Forbig. ad loc.; Tac. A. 15, 59; cf. Neue, Formenl. II. p. 611), v. a. [facio].

To make a thing completely ready, to make, prepare, bring about, complete, accomplish, execute, etc. (except in Quint., freq. in all periods and species of composition).

Lit.

In gen.:

nisi cottidiano sesquiopus confeceris,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 67; cf.

pensum,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 81; id. Pers. 2, 4, 1:

eme lanam, unde pallium conficiatur,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 93; cf.:

anulum, pallium, soccos suā manu,

Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127:

vestem,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 59; Suet. Aug. 73:

ligna ad fornacem,

to make ready, prepare for, Cato, R. R. 16; cf.:

conficere atque contexere villos ovium,

Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158:

aurum et argentum,

Plin. 35, 12, 45, § 157:

frumenta (with molere),

id. 7, 56, 57, § 191:

tabulas litteris Graecis,

to write, draw up, Caes. B. G. 1, 29; [p. 413] cf.:

libros Graeco sermone,

to compose, write, Nep. Hann. 13, 2;

and librum Graece,

id. Att. 18, 6:

tabulas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 23, § 60:

orationes,

Nep. Cato, 3, 3:

illam partem superiorem orationis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 28, 121:

nuptias,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 22; Suet. Claud. 26:

bellum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 54; Sall. C. 51, 5; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10, 3; Liv. 21, 40, 11; so,

duella,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 254 al.; cf.

proelium,

Sall. C. 61, 1:

tantum facinus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 76; cf.

caedem,

Nep. Dion, 10, 1:

legitima quaedam,

id. Phoc. 4, 2:

residua diurni actus,

Suet. Aug. 78:

mandata,

Cic. Planc. 11, 28; id. Phil. 9, 3, 6; id. Q. Fr. 2, 12 (14), 3; Sall. J. 12, 4:

omnibus rebus magnā curā, multā operā et labore confectis,

Cic. Att. 16, 16, B, 8:

ad eas res conficiendas biennium sibi satis esse ducere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

negotium,

id. B. C. 1, 29; Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5:

quibus rebus confectis,

Sall. C. 46, 1; Nep. Pelop. 3, 3; Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

confecto legationis officio,

id. B. C. 3, 103.—

Esp.

In the lang. of business, to settle, close a bargain, finish, etc.; absol.:

tu cum Apellā Chio confice de columnis,

Cic. Att. 12, 19, 1:

quod si mihi permisisses, confecissem cum coheredibus,

id. Fam. 7, 2, 1:

de Acutiliano negotio quod mihi mandaras... confeceram,

id. Att. 1, 5, 4.—

Of space or distance traversed, to pass over, accomplish, traverse, go over, make, accomplish:

iter,

Cic. Att. 4, 14, 2; Caes. B. G. 2, 12; Nep. Ages. 4, 4 al.; cf.:

tertiam partem itineris,

id. Eum. 8, 6; and poet.:

nos immensum spatiis confecimus aequor,

Verg. G. 2, 541:

cursum,

Cic. Att. 5, 12, 1; Verg. A. 5, 362:

cursum vitae,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 2:

cursus annuos conficit sol,

id. N. D. 1, 31, 87; 2, 20, 52:

longam viam,

id. Sen. 2, 6:

celeritate incredibili longissimas vias,

Suet. Caes. 57.—Rarely of space occupied:

tecta facturi, ut mille passuum conficiatur,

Cic. Att. 4, 16, 8 (14).—

Trop.

In gen., to produce, cause, make, bring about, effect:

sollicitudines mihi,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 26:

geminas nuptias,

id. ib. 4, 1, 50; cf.:

aliquid mali gnato,

id. Heaut. 5, 3, 1:

pacem,

id. ib. 5, 2, 45:

motus animorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 324.—With two accs.:

animum auditoris mitem et misericordem,

Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 106:

reditum alicui,

to procure, id. Fam. 9, 13, 4.—Also absol., to be efficient, to accomplish a direct result, be an active cause (philos. t. t.):

aliae causae ipsae conficiunt, aliae vim aliquam ad conficiendum afferunt,

Cic. Part. Or. 26, 93.—

Of time, to complete, finish, end, spend, pass:

cum sexaginta annos confecerit,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 38, 92:

centum annos,

id. Or. 52, 176:

diem,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 78:

tum denique judicetur beatusne fuerit, cum extremum vitae diem morte confecerit,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 76:

annuum tempus,

id. Att. 15, 15, 4:

omnem vitae suae cursum in labore corporis atque in animi contentione (just before: ut in amore et voluptatibus adulescentiam suam collocaret),

id. Cael. 17, 39:

annuum munus,

id. Fam. 2, 12, 1:

biennium,

id. Quint. 12, 40:

suas horas (somnus),

Sil. 4, 89:

aequinoctium,

Col. 2, 8, 2; cf.

brumam,

id. 9, 14, 12; Plin. 18, 26, 63, § 232:

commissum ac profligatum bellum,

Liv. 8, 25, 5; Flor. 2, 15, 2.—

In philos. lang., to bring forward as proved, to show, deduce:

conclusio est, quae ex eis quae ante dicta sunt, conficit, quid necessario consequatur,

Auct. Her. 4, 30, 41 fin.; Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 53; hence, conficior, to follow logically (from something), to be deduced; with ex:

cum id perspicuum sit, quod conficiatur ex ratiocinatione,

Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 72; so Quint. 5, 14, 9; 5, 14, 22; 9, 4, 69; and absol., Cic. Inv. 1, 47, 87 al.—

Transf., to diminish, lessen, weaken an object; to sweep away, destroy, kill, wear out, consume.

Prop.:

dentes intimi escas conficiunt,

grind, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 134; so Liv. 2, 32, 10; Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160; cf.

cibos,

to digest, Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137; Plin. 11, 37, 68, § 180 al.:

ignes Conficerent vulgo silvas, arbusta cremarent,

Lucr. 1, 905; cf.:

conficere, omnia igni, frigore,

id. 1, 536:

patrimonium suum (corresp. with dissipare),

Cic. Fl. 36, 90:

sapiens si fame ipse conficiatur... vir bonus, ne ipse frigore conficiatur, etc.,

id. Off. 3, 6, 29.—With acc. and inf.:

ipse conficior venisse tempus cum possim, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 18, 3:

nihil est opere et manu factum, quod non conficiat et consumat vetustas,

id. Marcell. 4, 11: quae vetustas est, quae vim divinam conficere possit? id. Div. 2, 57, 117.—In part. perf.: sicut fortis equus... senio confectu' quiescit, impaired, weakened, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 5, 14;

and so very freq.: confectus senectute,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

aetate,

Sall. J. 9, 4; Cat. 68, 119:

aevo,

Verg. A. 11, 85:

senectā, Ov M. 6, 37: cum corporis morbo tum animi dolore,

Cic. Mur. 40, 86; cf. id. Fin. 1, 12, 41; id. Att. 11, 11, 1:

multis gravibusque vulneribus,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25; 3, 5; Sall. J. 60, 7:

curā,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 4:

dolore,

Cat. 65, 1.—Without abl.:

ut fessos confectosque aggrediantur,

exhausted, Liv. 1, 23, 9; cf.:

confectus et saucius,

Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

artus,

Lucr. 3, 947:

ego te hic hac offatim conficiam,

to cut in pieces, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 52:

Athenienses,

to subdue, Nep. Lys. 1, 1; so,

provinciam,

Cic. Inv. 2, 37, 111; Liv. 26, 21, 2; 28, 28, 7; 40, 28, 8; 41, 12, 3; cf. Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28; Liv. 27, 5, 3; 40, 35, 4:

duos hostium exercitus,

id. 2, 40, 13:

me (sica illa) paene confecit,

killed, Cic. Mil. 14, 37:

alterum Curiatium,

Liv. 1, 25, 10; cf.

saucium,

id. 42, 16, 1:

Caligulam vulneribus triginta,

Suet. Calig. 58:

maximam vim serpentium (ibes),

Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101;

so of the killing of animals,

Suet. Claud. 21; id. Dom. 19; Lampr. Com. 13 al.; cf. confector, II.;

and in mal. part.,

Suet. Ner. 29 (v. the passage in its connection).—

Trop.:

conficere aliquem verbis,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 49:

(captivos) omnibus notis ignominiisque,

Liv. 22, 61, 9:

lectio non cruda sed multa iteratione mollita et velut confecta,

Quint. 10, 1, 19:

sidus confectum,

its influence has ceased, it has set, Plin. 16, 23, 36, § 87; 18, 25, 57, § 207.—

In gen., to prepare, provide, procure, to bring together, = colligo:

virginem, Quam amabat, eam confeci sine molestiā,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 6 Ruhnk.; so,

centurias,

to secure their votes, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 5, 18; cf.:

suam tribum necessariis suis,

Cic. Planc. 18, 45:

hortos mihi,

id. Att. 12, 37, 2:

bibliothecam,

id. ib. 1, 7 fin.:

exercitum difficili rei publicae tempore,

id. Imp. Pomp. 21, 61:

exercitus maximos,

id. Att. 8, 11, 2; cf.:

armata milia centum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4:

(serpentum) magnam multitudinem (just before, colligere),

Nep. Hann. 10, 5:

erat ei de ratiunculā apud me pauxillulum nummorum, id ut conficerem: confeci,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 4:

permagnam pecuniam ex illā re,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 52, § 138; cf.:

conficiendae pecuniae rationes,

id. Fl. 9, 20.—Hence, confĭcĭ-ens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I.), effecting, causing, producing, efficient (rare, and only in Cic.):

causae,

Cic. Part. Or. 26, 93: corporis bonorum conficientia (tha tôn agathôn poiêtika), productive of physical good, id. Fin. 5, 27, 81 Madv.:

civitas conficientissima litterarum,

very carefully noting down every thing, id. Fl. 19, 44.

conjŭgātĭo, ōnis, f. [conjugo] (except twice in Cic. Top. only post-class.), a combining, connecting; hence, prop., a mingling, mixture:

mellis et fellis,

App. Flor. 4, n. 18, p. 359, 29:

corporum,

carnal intercourse, coition, Arn. 2, 54:

uxoria,

id. 5, 171:

ursi velut humanis conjugationibus copulantur,

Sol. 26, 3.—

Esp., t. t.

In rhet., the etymological relationship of words, Gr. suzugia, Cic. Top. 3, 12; 9, 38.—

In later gram., conjugation; earlier called declinatio, q. v.; Mart. Cap. 3, § 311; Commian. ap. Charis. p. 153 P.; Diom. p. 337 ib.; Prisc. p. 836 et saep.—

In logic, a syllogism:

propositionum,

App. Dogm. Plat. p. 35.

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.

Of things:

omnia praesegmina,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 34:

stipulam,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 62; cf.: omnia furtim, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 273, 28:

radices palmarum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 87:

apes in vas,

Varr. R. R. 2, 16, 37:

ossa,

Tib. 3, 2, 19; cf.

reliquias,

Suet. Tib. 54 fin.; id. Calig. 3:

materiem nostram Post obitum,

Lucr. 3, 847 (and Hom. Il. 24, 793):

sparsos per colla capillos in nodum,

Ov. M. 3, 170; 8, 319; and poet. transf. to the person:

immissos hederā collecta capillos Calliope, etc.,

id. ib. 5, 338; so,

sinus fluentes,

Verg. A. 1, 320:

flores,

Ov. M. 5, 399:

riguo horto olus,

id. ib. 8, 646:

de purpureis vitibus uvas,

id. ib. 8, 676:

fructus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 1: omnia venena, * Cat. 14, 19:

sarmenta virgultaque,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18:

serpentes,

Nep. Hann. 10, 4:

naufragium,

Cic. Sest. 6, 15: mortualia, glossaria conlegitis et lexidia, res taetras et inanes, Domit. ap. Gell. 18, 7, 3:

pecuniam,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 47:

viatica,

id. ib. 2, 2, 26; cf.:

stipem a tyrannis,

to obtain by begging, Liv. 38, 45, 9:

aër umorem colligens,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101:

imbres,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 15; cf.:

pluvias aquas,

Quint. 10, 1, 109; 5. 14, 31:

ventus per loca subcava terrae Collectus,

Lucr. 6, 558:

procellam,

id. 6, 124:

spiritum,

Plin. 19, 6, 26, § 78; Quint. 11, 3, 53:

flatus cornibus,

Sil. 14, 390:

collectae ex alto nubes,

heaped together, Verg. G. 1, 324:

pulvis collectus turbine,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 31; and poet.:

pulverem Olympicum Collegisse juvat,

i. e. to have covered himself with it, id. C. 1, 1, 4:

luna revertentes colligit ignes,

Verg. G. 1, 427:

antiqua verba et figuras,

Suet. Gram. 10:

equos,

to check, restrain, stop, Ov. M. 2, 398; so,

gressum,

Sil. 6, 399:

gradum,

id. 7, 695; so,

fig. iram,

id. 9, 477;

and of the operation of medicine: acria viscerum colligere,

Plin. 19, 6, 26, § 85: hastas, to draw back (opp. protendere), Tac. A. 2, 21:

librum,

to catch a falling book, Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 5:

apparatu nobis (sc. oratoribus) opus est et rebus exquisitis, undique collectis, arcessitis, comportatis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 92; cf.:

interea, dum haec, quae dispersa sunt, cogantur,

id. ib. 1, 42, 191: sarcinas; to pack one ' s luggage for a journey:

annus octogesimus admonet me, ut sarcinas colligam ante quam proficiscar e vitā,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 1; also: sarcinas conligere = sarcinas conferre, to gather and put in order the baggage of an army before a battle, Sall. J. 97, 4: vasa, milit. t. t.., to pack together, pack up, to break up the camp for a march, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 40; Liv. 21, 47, 2; 22, 30, 1:

arma = remos,

i. e. to take in hand, take up, Verg. A. 5, 15 Forbig. ad loc.—

Of persons, mostly milit., to collect, assemble, bring together:

exercitus collectus ex senibus desperatis,

Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

ex urbe, ex agris, numerum hominum,

id. ib. 2, 4, 8:

milites,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 133:

reliquos ex fugā,

Nep. Hann. 6 fin.:

manu collectā in Thraciam introiit,

id. Alcib. 7, 4; cf. Liv. 1, 5, 4, and Tac. Agr. 37:

de pagis omnibus bonos viros,

Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 12: se colligere, to gather, collect:

in moenia,

Sil. 10, 390:

ex regno alicujus,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 24: ad. aciem, Auct. B. Afr. 70; so, collecti, those who have collected:

in aestuaria ac paludes,

Caes. B. G. 2, 28; cf. Tac. A. 2, 11.—

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. sustaleis en aspidi, ep aspidos); 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.—

Trop.

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. [p. 367] 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.

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.

col-līnĕo ( conl-), āvi, ātum, āre, v. a., to direct something in a straight line, to aim (rare, and except in Cic. only postclass.).

Prop.:

hastam aut sagittam aliquo,

Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 22: manum et oculos, Julian. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 6:

oculos ad umbram,

App. M. 9, p. 237; id. Flor. 23.—

To take a right aim, Cic. Div. 2, 59, 121; cf. Madv. Fin. p. 382.—Hence, collīnĕātē, adv., in a direct line; trop., skilfully, artistically; in sup., Jul. Val. Alex. M. 3, 48; so id. ib. 3, 58.

collŏcātĭo ( conl-), ōnis, f. [colloco], a putting together, arrangement, a setting up, erecting, placing, collocation (except in rhet. use, very rare).

In gen.:

siderum,

Cic. Univ. 9, 26:

moenium,

Vitr. 5, 3. —

Esp. in speech:

verborum,

Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171; 2, 13, 54; id. Or. 25, 83; 70, 232; Quint. 1, 10, 22; cf. id. 8, prooem. § 6; 8, 3, 41; 9, 4, 58;

9, 4, 89: argumentorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 42, 181:

rerum,

Quint. 3, 3, 8. —

Esp.: filiae, an endowing, giving in marriage (v. colloco, I. B.), Cic. Clu. 66, 190.

contactus, a, um, Part., from 1. contingo.

contactus, ūs, m. [1. contingo] (except once in Sall., perh. not ante-Aug.), a touching, touch, contact.

In gen., Verg. A. 3, 227; Ov. M. 4, 52; 11, 111; Col. 11, 3, 50; Plin. 8, 15, 16, § 40; 33, 7, 40, § 122; in plur.:

viriles,

Ov. M. 7, 239.—

Esp., a touching of something unclean, a contagion, infection.

Prop., Liv. 4, 30, 8; 25, 26, 8; Tac. A. 4, 49; 6, 7.—

Trop. (several times in Tac.):

neu patiamini licentiam scelerum, quasi tabem, ad integros contactu procedere,

Sall. H. 1, 48, 9 Dietsch; Sen. Ira, 2, 21, 4:

oculos a contactu dominationis inviolatos habebamus,

Tac. Agr. 30; so,

contactu valentiorum,

id. H. 1, 11.— Absol.:

discedite a contactu ac dividite turbidos,

Tac. A. 1, 43:

contactu bellum meditari,

id. H. 2, 60.