French

Verb

collecta

1. third-person singular past historic of collecter

Latin

Etymology

From collectus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kolˈlek.ta/, [kɔɫˈɫɛk.ta]

Noun

collecta f ‎(genitive collectae); first declension

1. contribution (in money); collection
2. meeting, assemblage

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

References

• collecta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• COLLECTA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “collecta”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to live up to one's reputation: famam ante collectam tueri, conservare