colluctatio
From LSJ
Ψυχὴν ἔθιζε πρὸς τὰ χρηστὰ πράγματα → Ita tempera animum, ut rebus assuescat bonis → Gewöhne deine Seele nur an Nützliches
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
colluctātĭo: (conl-), ōnis, f. colluctor,
I a wrestling, struggling, contending with something (post-Aug. prose).
I Prop.: in colluctatione vel pancratio, Dig. 9, 2, 7; so of the fighting of oxen, Col. 6, 2, 4.—
II Trop., the death struggle, Sen. Q. N. 3, 18, 1. —Of an embracing in love, App. M. 9, p. 219, 12; Lact. 1, 17.—Of a difficult utterance: est aliis concursus oris et cum verbis suis colluctatio, Quint. 11, 3, 56.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
colluctātĭō,¹⁶ ōnis, f. (colluctor), lutte corps à corps : Col. Rust. 6, 2, 4 || [fig.] est aliis cum verbis suis colluctatio Quint. 11, 3, 56, chez d’autres la bouche lutte avec les mots.
