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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>luctor</b>: ātus, 1 (<br /><b>I</b> [[part]]. gen. plur. luctantūm, Prop. 4 (5), 22, 9; [[act]]. collat. form: viri validis viribus luctant, Enn. ap. Non. 472, 8: plurimum luctavimus, Plaut. ap. Non. 468, 32; Varr. L. L. 5, 10, § 61 Müll.: dum luctat, Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 31), v. dep. [[lucta]], q. v., to [[wrestle]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: ibi cursu luctando [[disco]] [[hasta]] ... [[sese]] exercebant (juventus), Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 24: luctabitur Olympiis [[Milo]], Cic. Fat. 13: fulvā luctantur harenā, Verg. A. 6, 643: luctabatur adsidue, Suet. Ner. 53: paucae (feminae) luctantur, Juv. 2, 53: umeris, ut luctaturi solent, ad [[occipitium]] ductis, Quint. 11, 3, 160.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf, to [[wrestle]], [[struggle]], [[strive]], [[contend]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Of [[living]] creatures: in pestilenti [[atque]] arido [[solo]] luctari, Liv. 7, 38, 7: boves luctari, Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 177: luctandum in turbā, Hor. S. 2, 6, 28: [[inter]] se adversis luctantur cornibus haedi, Verg. G. 2, 526: non [[luctor]] de nomine hujus temporis, Ov. F. 6, 69.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With inf. ([[poet]].): et infracta luctatur harundine [[telum]] Eripere, Verg. A. 12, 387: deducere [[versum]], Ov. P. 1, 5, 13: compescere risum, id. H. 17, 161; id. M. 15, 300.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of [[inanimate]] things: et in [[lento]] luctantur marmore tonsae, Verg. A, 7, 28: tristia robustis luctantur funera plaustris, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 74; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 147: luctantem Icariis fluctibus Africum, Hor. C. 1, 1, 15; cf.: luctantes venti, Verg. A. 1, 53.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic., in mal. [[part]].: cum [[aliquo]], Prop. 2, 1, 13.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., of [[mental]] or [[moral]] [[strife]], to [[struggle]], [[strive]], [[contend]]: non luctabor [[tecum]] [[amplius]], Cic. de Or. 1, 17, 74: cum [[aliquo]] luctari, id. Sull. 16, 47: [[Plancus]] diu, quarum esset partium [[secum]] [[luctatus]], Vell. 2, 63, 3; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 28: cum latentibus nodis, Curt. 3, 1, 18: cum ardore et siccitate regionis, id. 4, 7, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat. ([[poet]].): luctataeque diu tenebris hiemique sibique, Stat. Th. 11, 522: crudo pelago, Sil. 14, 453: morti, id. 10, 296.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With abl.: [[ignis]] viridi luctetur robore, Luc. 3, 503; Vell. 2, 86, 2.—Hence, [[luctans]], antis, P. a., [[struggling]], [[reluctant]]: luctantia oscula carpere, Ov. M. 4, 358: composuit luctantia lumina [[somnus]], Sil. 7, 204.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., as subst., of [[cross]]-beams, rafters, [[because]] [[they]] [[oppose]] and [[uphold]] [[each]] [[other]] [[like]] wrestlers, Isid. Orig. 19, 19.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>luctor</b>,¹⁰ ātus sum, ārī, intr., lutter : Pl. Bacch. 428 ; Cic. Off. 1, 107 ; Fato 30 &#124;&#124; lutter, combattre : Liv. 7, 38, 7 ; Plin. 18, 177 ; Virg. G. 2, 526 &#124;&#124; [avec inf.] Virg. En. 12, 387 ; Ov. P. 1, 5, 13, lutter pour &#124;&#124; lutter contre : cum [[aliquo]] Cic. de Or. 1, 74 ; [[Sulla]] 47 ; [avec dat.] Stat. Th. 11, 522 ; [avec abl.] Luc. 3, 503 ; Vell. 2, 86, 2 &#124;&#124; [dat. ou abl., incertain] Hor. O. 1, 1, 15 ; Ep. 2, 2, 74.||lutter, combattre : Liv. 7, 38, 7 ; Plin. 18, 177 ; Virg. G. 2, 526||[avec inf.] Virg. En. 12, 387 ; Ov. P. 1, 5, 13, lutter pour||lutter contre : cum [[aliquo]] Cic. de Or. 1, 74 ; [[Sulla]] 47 ; [avec dat.] Stat. Th. 11, 522 ; [avec abl.] Luc. 3, 503 ; Vell. 2, 86, 2||[dat. ou abl., incertain] Hor. O. 1, 1, 15 ; Ep. 2, 2, 74.
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{{Georges
|georg=luctor, ātus [[sum]], ārī (zu Wz. lug, [[biegen]], griech. [[λυγίζω]], biege), [[ringen]], [[als]] [[Ringer]]-, im Ringkampf [[kämpfen]], I) eig.: exerceri [[plurimum]] currendo et luctando, Nep.: fulvā arenā, Verg.: Olympiis, Cic. – cum mortuis [[non]] [[nisi]] larvas luctari, Planc. [[bei]] Plin.: adversis cornibus [[inter]] se, [[von]] Böckchen, Verg. – beim [[Beischlaf]], luctari cum alqo, Prop. 2, 1, 13 u. 2, 15, 5. – II) übtr.: A) [[ringen]] = [[physisch]] [[gegen]] [[Widerstand]] od. Schwierigkeiten [[ankämpfen]], [[kämpfen]], [[sich]] [[abmühen]], seine [[Not]] [[haben]], a) übh.: cum difficultate locorum, Vell.: [[bene]] cum morbo, Sen.: cum [[agro]], Plin.: cum vitiis, Sen.: in arido [[solo]], Liv.: in [[turba]], Hor. – m. Abl., [[Africus]] luctatur fluctibus, Hor.: tristia robustis luctantur funera plaustris, Hor. – m. Dat., hiemi, Stat.: morti (v. [[Körper]]), Stat. – m. folg. Infin., [[telum]] eripere, Verg.: remoliri pondera terrae, Ov.: compescere risum, Ov. her. 15 (16), 12: [[lingua]] [[luctans]] loqui, Ov.: [[dum]] ([[spiritus]]) luctatur per [[obstantia]] [[atque]] intercisa vadere, Sen. nat. qu. 2, 17. – b) [[widerstreben]], [[sich]] [[widersetzen]], oscula [[mihi]] luctanti abstulit, Ov.: [[nec]] vetitis [[luctatus]], Sil.: luctante [[amnis]] violentiā, Amm.: [[luctans]] [[glacies]], Sil.: luctantia oscula, Ov.: luctantia lumina, Sil. – B) [[ringen]] = [[geistig]] od. [[moralisch]] [[gegen]] [[Widerstand]] ([[Widerspruch]]) [[ankämpfen]], [[kämpfen]], cum alqo luctari et congredi (v. [[Redner]]), Cic.: cum vitiis, Sen.: [[diu]], quarum esset partium, [[secum]] [[luctatus]], Vell.: u. so [[diu]] luctata, [[nach]] langem [[Ringen]] [[mit]] [[sich]], Ov. – m. Infin., [[qui]] luctatur animarum ingenitas corrigere pravitates, Arnob. 2, 50. – / Infin. luctarier, Prud. perist. 10, 651. – Aktive Nbf. [[lucto]], āvī, āre, Enn. ann. 300. Plaut. fr. [[bei]] Non. 468, 32. Ter. Hec. 829. [[Varro]] LL. 5, 61. Vgl. Prisc. 8, 25.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=luctor luctari, luctatus sum V DEP :: wrestle; struggle; fight (against)
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