collectus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of colligō ( gather, collect).

Participle

collēctus (feminine collēcta, neuter collēctum); first/second-declension participle

  1. gathered, having been gathered; collected, having been collected; assembled, having been assembled
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.170–171:
      Hūc septem Aenēās collēctīs nāvibus omnī
      ex numerō subit .
      Here is where Aeneas approaches with seven ships gathered in all from the count .

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative collēctus collēcta collēctum collēctī collēctae collēcta
genitive collēctī collēctae collēctī collēctōrum collēctārum collēctōrum
dative collēctō collēctae collēctō collēctīs
accusative collēctum collēctam collēctum collēctōs collēctās collēcta
ablative collēctō collēctā collēctō collēctīs
vocative collēcte collēcta collēctum collēctī collēctae collēcta

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