re-colligo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a., to gather again what has been scattered; to gather up, collect (mostly post-Aug.). 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. poet. 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.

— 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.