Recolligo, recólligis, pe. corr. recollégi, pe. pro. recollectum, recollígere. Colum. To gather togither againe: to renewe: to get up againe: to recouer.Sparsos igoes recolligit. Lucan. He gathereth togither, &c.Annos primos recolligere.Ouid.To become a yongman againe: to recouer his yong yeares.Recolligere animum alicuins, qui est in alterum offensior.Cic.To reconcile ones minde that is somewhat displeased with a man.Recolligere se dicítur æger. Plin. To get up his strength a. gaine to recouer.Recolligere se longa valetudine. Pli. To recouer or get up againe, after long sicknesse.Recolligere vires longa ægritudine. Plin. Idem.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
rĕ-collĭgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a., 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,
