pick up Copy link Outline 1. tollo, sustŭli, sublātum, 32. collĭgo, lēgi, lectum, 3 (to gather up a number of things)3. sublĕgo, 3 (to p. up from beneath something) • pick up: 1. tollo, sustŭli, sublātum, 3: to p. up stones from the ground (to throw), saxa de terra t., Cic. Caec. 21, 60: to p. up feathers that have dropped, pennas quae deciderunt t., Phaedr. 1, 3, 5. 2. collĭgo, lēgi, lectum, 3 (to gather up a number of things): he (the miser) p.'d up all the parings, collegit omnia praesegmina, Pl. Aul. 2, 4, 34: v. to gather up. 3. sublĕgo, 3 (to p. up from beneath something): to p. up wind-falls (fruit), baccam quae tempestatibus in terram decidit s., Col. 12, 50, init.: Hor. S. 2, 8, 12. In sim. sense with precedd., the simple verb: e. g. legere spolia caesorum, Liv. 5, 39. Colloq. Phr.: to p. up a living in some way or other, *quacunque opera unde vita sustentetur (inopia toleretur) colligere, corradere (v. livelihood): to p. up passengers, *vectores de via excipere: to p. up strength or flesh, convalescere; corpus facere (opp. to corpus amittere), Cels. 7, 3. fin.