lucta

Latin

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) Post-Classical, from luctor (“wrestle”). See luctātiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈluːk.ta/, [ˈɫ̪uːkt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈluk.ta/, [ˈlukt̪ä]

Noun

lūcta f (genitive lūctae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lūcta	lūctae
Genitive	lūctae	lūctārum
Dative	lūctae	lūctīs
Accusative	lūctam	lūctās
Ablative	lūctā	lūctīs
Vocative	lūcta	lūctae

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
• Sicilian: lutta
• Spanish: lucha
• Venetian: lota

References

• “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

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Portuguese

Noun

lucta f (plural luctas)

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