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noun

colluctātĭo

gen. colluctātōnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd
(), , colluctor
a wrestling; struggling; contending with something
a wrestling, struggling, contending with something (post-Aug. prose).
Prop.: in colluctatione vel pancratio, Dig. 9, 2, 7; so of the fighting of… •
Prop.: in colluctatione vel pancratio, Dig. 9, 2, 7; so of the fighting of oxen, Col. 6, 2, 4.—
the death struggle; an embracing; a difficult utterance figuratively •
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.
Perseus ID: n9104 Key: colluctatio