colluctatio
τὸ λακωνίζειν πολὺ μᾶλλόν ἐστιν φιλοσοφεῖν ἢ φιλογυμναστεῖν → to behave like a Lacedaemonian is much more to love wisdom than to love gymnastics (Plato, Protagoras 342e6)
Latin > English
colluctatio colluctationis N F :: struggling (physical), wrestling; struggle, conflict; death struggle/agony
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.
Latin > German (Georges)
colluctātio, ōnis, f. (colluctor), das Ringen, Kämpfen, der Menschen, Sen. de const. sap. 19, 1. Ulp. dig. 9, 2, 7. § 4: v. Ringen beim Beischlaf, Lact. 1, 17, 13: Plur. Apul. met. 2, 17 u. 9, 5. – der Stiere, Col. 6, 2, 4. – übtr. v. Zusammenstoß Kämpfender, Amm. 28, 5, 3: v. Todeskampf, Sen. nat. qu. 3, 18, 1. Ps. Quint. decl. 2, 20 in.: v. Händeschütteln bei der Begrüßung, c. dextrae, Tert. de virg. vel. 11: v. der schweren Aussprache, das Kauen der Worte, cum verbis suis c., Quint. 11, 3, 56: v. moral. Kampf, quoniam nobis non est colluctatio adversus carnem et sanguinem, sed adversus principes et potestates, Vulg. Ephes. 6, 12.
