collabor

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kolˈlaː.bor/, [kɔlˈlʲäːbɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kolˈla.bor/, [kolˈläːbor]

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		collābī	collāpsum esse	collāpsūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		collābēns	collāpsus	collāpsūrus	—	—	collābendus, collābundus
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.