rĕ-collĭgo — Lewis & Short
rĕ-collĭgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a.,
I to gather again what has been scattered; to gather up, collect (mostly post-Aug.).
I Lit.:
sparsos ignes,Luc. 1, 157:
sparsa,Sen. Ben. 1, 9, 4:
multitudinem, quae passim vagabatur,Just. 42, 3, 8:
captivos,id. 42, 5, 11:
nata ova,Col. 8, 5, 4: talos, Sen. poët. Apoc. fin.:
stolam,Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 9:
actionem,id. ib. 9, 13, 23.—Of a single object:
parvulum expositum,to take up again, Just. 23, 4, 8:
recollecto gladio,id. 33, 2, 4.—
II Trop.: quod scribis, etiam si cujus animus in te esset offensior, a me recolligi oportere, to be reconciled, * Cic. Att. 1, 5, 5:
vires ab imbecillitate,Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 129; cf.:
se a longā valetudine,to recover, id. 23, 7, 63, § 122; also with se, to collect one's self, take courage, Ov. M. 9, 744:
primos annos,to regain, id. ib. 7, 216.