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Latin
Etymology
Post-Classical, from lū̆ctor (“wrestle”). Malkiel (1977) compares its formation to that of the earlier-attested pugna (“fight, battle, combat”) and sees both as precursors to other feminine deverbal nouns in Romance.[1] Compare lū̆ctātiō and lū̆ctāmen.
Pronunciation
Noun
lū̆cta f (genitive lū̆ctae); first declension
- (Late Latin) a wrestling, wrestling match
- (Late Latin) struggle, fight
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- ^ Malkiel, Yakov (1977) “The Social Matrix of Palaeo-Romance Postverbal Nouns”, in Romance Philology, volume 31, number 1, page 75
- ^ Bennett, Charles E. (1907) The Latin Language: a historical outline of its sounds, inflections, and syntax, Boston: Allyn and Bacon, page 60
Further reading
- “lucta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lucta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “lucta”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Noun
lucta f (plural luctas)
- Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of luta.
Etymology 2
Verb
lucta
- inflection of luctar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative