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/, [kɔl̠ˈl̠eːk.t̪a]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kolˈlek.ta/, [kɔlˈlɛk.t̪a]

Noun

collēcta f (genitive collēctae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

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 (borrowing)
• Catalan: collita
• French: collecte, cueillette
• Friulian: colete
• Galician: colleita, colecta (borrowing)
• Italian: colletta, colta

• Occitan: culhida, culhita
• Portuguese: colecta, coleta, colheita
• Romansch: 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
• collecta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• collecta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• 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