collabor

Latin

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Latin lābor

Latin collābor

From con- (“together”) + lābor (“glide, slip, fall”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔlˈlaː.bɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kolˈlaː.bor]

Verb

collābor (present infinitive collābī, perfect active collāpsus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. to collapse, fall in

Conjugation

This verb takes the future passive participle collābundus instead of *collābendus.

   Conjugation of collābor (third conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	collābor		collāberis, collābere		collābitur		collābimur		collābiminī		collābuntur
	imperfect	collābēbar		collābēbāris, collābēbāre		collābēbātur		collābēbāmur		collābēbāminī		collābēbantur
	future	collābar		collābēris, collābēre		collābētur		collābēmur		collābēminī		collābentur
	perfect	collāpsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	collāpsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	collāpsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	collābar		collābāris, collābāre		collābātur		collābāmur		collābāminī		collābantur
	imperfect	collāberer		collāberēris, collāberēre		collāberētur		collāberēmur		collāberēminī		collāberentur
	perfect	collāpsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	collāpsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		collābere		—		—		collābiminī		—
	future	—		collābitor		collābitor		—		—		collābuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		collābī			—			collābēns			—
future		collāpsūrum esse			—			collāpsūrus			collābendus, collābundus
perfect		collāpsum esse			—			collāpsus			—
future perfect		collāpsum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		collāpsūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		collābendī		collābendō		collābendum		collābendō		collāpsum		collāpsū

Derived terms

• collāpsiō
• collāpsus

Descendants

Note: no inherited descendants. Mostly borrowed through its past participle, as if from the frequentative *collāpsāre.

• →⇒ English: collapse
• →⇒ French: collapser
• → German: kollabieren
• →⇒ Italian: collassare
• →⇒ Portuguese: colapsar, colabar
• →⇒ Spanish: colapsar

References

• “collabor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “collabor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.