lucta

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. Compare lū̆ctātiō and lū̆ctāmen.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈluːk.ta/, [ˈɫ̪uːkt̪ä] or IPA^(key): /ˈluk.ta/, [ˈɫ̪ʊkt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈluk.ta/, [ˈlukt̪ä]
• Although Bennett (1907) marks the vowel in the first syllable as long, there seems to be stronger evidence of it being short. See notes at lū̆ctor.

Noun

lū̆cta f (genitive lū̆ctae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) a wrestling, wrestling match
2. (Late Latin) struggle, fight

Declension

First-declension noun

	singular	plural
nominative	lū̆cta	lū̆ctae
genitive	lū̆ctae	lū̆ctārum
dative	lū̆ctae	lū̆ctīs
accusative	lū̆ctam	lū̆ctās
ablative	lū̆ctā	lū̆ctīs
vocative	lū̆cta	lū̆ctae

Descendants

• Albanian: luftë
• Aragonese: luita
• Aromanian: alumtã, ljuftã
• Asturian: llucha
• Esperanto: lukto
• Friulian: lote
• Italian: lotta
• Mirandese: lhuita
• Old French:
  • Middle French: lutte
    • French: lutte
• Old Galician-Portuguese: luita
  • Galician: loita
  • Portuguese: luta
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: lluita
  • Occitan: lucha
• Romanian: luptă
• Romansch: lutga, lotga, luotta
• Sardinian: lotta, lutta
• Sicilian: lutta
• Spanish: lucha
• Venetan: lota

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)

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of luta.

Etymology 2

Verb

lucta

1. inflection of luctar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative