collum

collum, i, n. (ante-class. access. form collus, i, m., Naev., Cato, Lucil., Att., Caecil., Varr. ap. Non. p. 200, 14 sq.; Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 107; 4, 3, 2; and, acc. to Non. l. l., also id. Am. 1, 1, 289:

nec collos mihi Calvus persuaserit,

Quint. 1, 6, 42; Front. Ep. ad M. [p. 369] Caes. 2, 16) [cf. Germ. Hals].

I.

Prop., the neck, of men and animals:

accipite si vultis hoc onus in vostros collos, Cato, l.l.: anseris, Lucil. l.l.: pavonis, Varr. l. l.: columbarum,

Lucr. 2, 802; cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 19; id. N. D. 2, 47, 122 al.:

in collum invasit,

fell upon the neck, id. Phil. 2, 31, 77: amplexu petebat, Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124:

pendentia bracchia collo,

Tib. 3, 6, 45; Verg. A. 1, 715:

collo dare bracchia circum,

id. ib. 6, 700:

implicuit materno bracchia collo,

Ov. M. 1, 762:

colloque infusa mariti,

id. ib. 11, 386; cf. id. ib. 14, 585:

cingere colla lacertis,

id. A. A. 2, 457:

complecti lacertis,

id. M. 10, 407:

captare lacertis,

id. H. 8, 93:

adducere lacertis,

id. M. 6, 625 et saep.:

avaritiae poenam collo et cervicibus suis sustinere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 42, § 108:

conjecta vincula collo,

Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 83:

collum in laqueum inserere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37:

monstri angere,

Stat. Th. 4, 827:

aptare vincula collo,

Ov. M. 10, 381:

colla assuescere servitio,

Verg. G. 3, 167:

tonsori committere,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58.—Hence,

2.

In partic.

a.

As a symbol of servitude:

dare colla triumpho,

Prop. 2 (3), 10, 15:

eripe turpi Colla jugo,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 92.—

b.

(As in Engl., it costs him his neck, etc.) A symbol of life:

actum'st de collo meo,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 194; cf.:

posuit collum in Pulvere Teucro,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 11.—

c.

Collum torquere, obtorquere, obstringere alicui, legal t. t., to seize by the neck and drag before a tribunal or to prison:

priusquam obtorto collo ad praetorem trahor,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 45 (cf.:

obtortā gulā de convivio in vincla abripi jussit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 24 ); Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 15; Liv. 4, 53, 8.—

II.

Meton., of the neck of a flask, bottle, Cato, R. R. 88, 1; Phaedr. 1, 26, 10; Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161; 28, 11, 48, § 174.—Of the poppy, Verg. A. 9, 436.—Of the middle part of Mount Parnassus, Stat. Th. 9, 643.