collecta

French

Verb

collecta

1. third-person singular past historic of collecter

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Latin

Etymology

From collēctus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kolˈleːk.ta/, [kɔlˈleːk.ta]

Noun

collēcta f (genitive collēctae); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	collēcta	collēctae
genitive	collēctae	collēctārum
dative	collēctae	collēctīs
accusative	collēctam	collēctās
ablative	collēctā	collēctīs
vocative	collēcta	collēctae

Descendants

• Asturian: collecha, colecta
• Catalan: collita
• French: collecte, cueillette
• Friulian: colete
• Galician: colecta
• Italian: colletta, colta

• Occitan: culhida, culhita
• Portuguese: colecta, coleta, colheita
• Romansh: culetga
• Sardinian: goddetta, buddetta, colletta
• Spanish: colecta, cosecha
• Venetian: cołéta, còlta

References

• collecta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “collecta”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “collecta” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to live up to one's reputation: famam ante collectam tueri, conservare