collegium

English

Noun

collegium (plural collegia or collegiums)

  1. (in Russia) A committee or council
  2. (in Ancient Rome) Any of several legal associations

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

collēga (“colleague”) +‎ -ium

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kolˈleː.ɡi.um/, [kɔlˈleː.ɡi.ũ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kolˈle.d͡ʒi.um/, [kolˈleː.d͡ʒi.um]

Noun

collēgium n (genitive collēgiī); second declension

  1. college (several senses)
  2. school
  3. corporation, guild, company

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative collēgium collēgia
Genitive collēgiī collēgiōrum
Dative collēgiō collēgiīs
Accusative collēgium collēgia
Ablative collēgiō collēgiīs
Vocative collēgium collēgia

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • collegium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • collegium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • collegium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • collegium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • collegium in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • collegium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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