I.“nec collos mihi Calvus persuaserit,” Quint. 1, 6, 42; Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 16) [cf. Germ. Hals].
I. Prop., the neck, of men and animals: “accipite si vultis hoc onus in vostros collos, Cato, l.l.: anseris, Lucil. l.l.: pavonis, Varr. l. l.: columbarum,” Lucr. 2, 802; cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 19; id. N. D. 2, 47, 122 al.: “in collum invasit,” fell upon the neck, id. Phil. 2, 31, 77: amplexu petebat, Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124: “pendentia bracchia collo,” Tib. 3, 6, 45; Verg. A. 1, 715: “collo dare bracchia circum,” id. ib. 6, 700: “implicuit materno bracchia collo,” Ov. M. 1, 762: “colloque infusa mariti,” id. ib. 11, 386; cf. id. ib. 14, 585: “cingere colla lacertis,” id. A. A. 2, 457: “complecti lacertis,” id. M. 10, 407: “captare lacertis,” id. H. 8, 93: “adducere lacertis,” id. M. 6, 625 et saep.: “avaritiae poenam collo et cervicibus suis sustinere,” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 42, § 108: “conjecta vincula collo,” Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 83: “collum in laqueum inserere,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37: “monstri angere,” Stat. Th. 4, 827: “aptare vincula collo,” Ov. M. 10, 381: “colla assuescere servitio,” Verg. G. 3, 167: “tonsori committere,” Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58.—Hence,
2. In partic.
a. As a symbol of servitude: “dare colla triumpho,” Prop. 2 (3), 10, 15. “eripe turpi Colla jugo,” Hor. S. 2, 7, 92.—
b. (As in Engl., it costs him his neck, etc.) A symbol of life: “actum'st de collo meo,” Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 194; cf.: “posuit collum in Pulvere Teucro,” Hor. C. 4, 6, 11.—
c. Collum torquere, obtorquere, obstringere alicui, legal t. t., to seize by the neck and drag before a tribunal or to prison: “priusquam obtorto collo ad praetorem trahor,” Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 45 (cf.: “obtortā gulā de convivio in vincla abripi jussit,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 24); Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 15; Liv. 4, 53, 8.—
II. Meton., of the neck of a flask, bottle, Cato, R. R. 88, 1; Phaedr. 1, 26, 10; Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161; 28, 11, 48, § 174.—Of the poppy, Verg. A. 9, 436.—Of the middle part of Mount Parnassus, Stat. Th. 9, 643.
