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Latin
Etymology
From lū̆ctor + -men.
Pronunciation
Noun
lū̆ctāmen n (genitive lū̆ctāminis); third declension
- wrestling
- struggle
- contest
- mixture
- labor, task
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
References
- luctamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- luctamen in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “luctamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press