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ἐκ Χάεος δ' Ἔρεβός τε μέλαινά τε Νὺξ ἐγένοντο... (Hesiod's Theogony 123) → From Chasm, Erebos and black Night came to be...

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

lucta: ae, f. root lug-; cf. λυγίζω>, to writhe, ligare,
I a wrestling, wrestling-match (post-class.): exercebat cum militibus ipse luctam, Capitol. Maxim. 6: certamen luctae, Aus. Ep. 93.—
II Trop.: perseverans quodammodo lucta convincitur, Aug. Ep. 606.

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