Latin

Noun

spīcilegium n ‎(genitive spīcilegiī or spīcilegī); second declension

1. (Classical Latin, literally) a gleaning of ears of corn (collection of ears of corn left behind after the main harvest or gathering thereof)
2. (New Latin, figuratively) a “gathering” of sparse specimens that have been overlooked by others
   • 1823, Ludwig Emanuel Schærer, Lichenum Helveticorum spicilegium, main title

     Lichenum Helveticorum spicilegium

     A gathering of Swiss lichens

Declension

Second declension.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

See also

• racēmātiō ‎(“grape-gleaning”)

References

• spīcĭlĕgĭum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “spīcĭlĕgĭum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,467/1.
• “spīcilegium” on page 1,804/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)