collectio

Latin

Etymology

From collēctus +‎ -tio, from colligō (“collect together”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kolˈleːk.ti.oː/, [kɔlˈleːk.ti.oː]

Noun

collēctiō f (genitive collēctiōnis); third declension

The act of collecting together; accumulation, collection.
(rhetoric) A summary, recapitulation, summing up.
An argumentation, reasoning, conclusion, inference, syllogism.
(medicine) A swelling, tumor, abscess.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	collēctiō	collēctiōnēs
Genitive	collēctiōnis	collēctiōnum
Dative	collēctiōnī	collēctiōnibus
Accusative	collēctiōnem	collēctiōnēs
Ablative	collēctiōne	collēctiōnibus
Vocative	collēctiō	collēctiōnēs

Related terms

collēcta
collēctāculum
collēctāneus
collēctārius
collēctē
collēcticius

Descendants

Catalan: col·lecció
English: collection
French: collection
Galician: colección, collizo
Italian: collezione
Occitan: colleccion

Old French: quieuçon
Portuguese: coleção
Romanian: colecție
Russian: колле́кция (kollékcija)
Spanish: colección

References

collectio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
collectio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
collectio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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