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collectĭo (conl- ), ōnis, f. id..
I. Abstr., a collecting together.
A. Prop.: “membrorum (Absyrti),Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22: “spiritūs,Petr. 98: “fructuum,Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 25: terrae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96, 17 Müll.—
B. Trop., the collecting, acquiring: “amicorum (opp. detractio),Sen. Ep. 74, 25.—
2. Esp.
a. In rhet. lang., a summing up of things said, a short repetition, recapitulation, summary, ἀνακεφαλαίωσις, * Cic. Brut. 88, 302; Auct. Her. 1, 6, 10; Quint. 4, 4, 2.—
b. In post-Aug. philos. lang., argumentation, reasoning, a syllogism, a conclusion, inference, Sen. Ep. 45, 7; 85, 2; Quint. 9, 2, 103; Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 85; Arn. 1, 35.—
II. Concr. in medic. lang., a swelling, tumor, abscess, Plin. 22, 25, 58, § 122; 24, 4, 7, § 13; 26, 12, 79, § 127; 27, 12, 87, § 110 et saep.; Sen. Ep. 68, 7; Scrib. Comp. 206.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Cicero, On Pompey's Command, 9.22
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 24.13
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 2.85
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 4.2
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 2.103
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 45.7
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 68.7
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 74.25
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 85.2
    • Cicero, Brutus, 88.302
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