colluctatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

colluctātĭo (conl-), ōnis, f. [colluctor], 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, Ap. Met. 9, 5, 7; Lact. 1, 17.—Of a difficult utterance : est aliis concursus oris et cum verbis suis colluctatio, Quint. 11, 3, 56.