A.gathering, collecting, “φρυγάνων” Th.3.111; of herbs, Dsc.1 Prooem.6; [ἀρωμάτων] Thphr.Od.37; “τῶν καρπῶν” Arist.PA 662b8 (pl.); and so abs., IG22.411.17; ς. τοῦ βίου scraping together of the means of life, Antipho Soph.49, Philem.92.4 (pl.): metaph., ἐν γενείου ξυλλογῇ τριχώματος in the first harvest of a beard, i.e. in early manhood, A.Th.666: generally, acquisition, “πλούτου” Metrod. Herc.831.7; “τῇ ς. χαίροντες” Lib.Or.9.6.
2. raising, levying of soldiers, “συλλογὴν ποιεῖσθαι” X.An.1.1.6.