compīlātĭo, ōnis, f. [compilo], lit.,
a raking together , pillaging , plundering; hence, concr., sportively of a collection of documents, a compilation : Chresti, Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1.
compīlātiō ōnis, f compilo, a pillaging, plundering ; sportively of a collection of documents, a ...
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