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col-lēga (conl- ), ae, m. 1. lego.
I. Lit., one who is chosen at the same time with another: “collegae, qui una lecti,Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.—Hence,
B. Esp., a partner in office, a colleague (freq. and class.): “bis una consules, collegae in censurā,Cic. Lael. 11, 39: “Pericles cum haberet collegam in praeturā Sophoclem,id. Off. 1, 40, 144: “in consulatu,Plin. 19, 8, 45, § 156: “consulatūs,Vell. 2, 56, 4: “habere,Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 85: ibi M. Marcellum, conlegam nostrum, conveni, Serv. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 1 sq.; Hor. S. 1, 6, 40: “dare alicui,Nep. Alcib. 3, 1; 7, 1: “esse alicui,Tac. H. 3, 66: “se consulatui ejus destinavit,id. A. 2, 42.—
II. Transf., of an associate in other than official position, a colleague, associate, companion, fellow: “Metrodorus, Epicuri collega sapientiae,Cic. N. D. 1, 40, 114; a fellow-member of a club or sodalitia, Cic. Sull. 2, 7; a joint-guardian, Dig. 26, 7, 13 and 45; fellow-slaves, Plaut. As. 3, 2, 10 and 30; a fellow-actor, Juv. 8, 197; joint-heirs, Dig. 27, 1, 41; 42 and 46 al.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (12):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 4.12.1
    • Cicero, Philippics, 2.34.85
    • Cicero, For Sulla, 2.7
    • Horace, Satires, 1.6.40
    • Tacitus, Annales, 2.42
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 3.66
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 3.2
    • Cornelius Nepos, Alcibiades, 3.1
    • Cornelius Nepos, Miltiades, 7.1
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.40
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 11
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.40
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