collabor

Latin

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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

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
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	collābere		—	—	collābiminī		—
active	future	—	collābitor		collābitor	—	—		collābuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		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.