Collega

See also: collega

Latin

Etymology

From collēga (“colleague”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kolˈleː.ɡa/, [kɔlˈlʲeːɡä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kolˈle.ɡa/, [kolˈlɛːɡä]

Proper noun

Collēga m sg (genitive Collēgae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Gnaeus Pompeius Collega, a Roman consul

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Collēga
Genitive	Collēgae
Dative	Collēgae
Accusative	Collēgam
Ablative	Collēgā
Vocative	Collēga

References

• “Collega, Pompeius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray