luctatio

Latin

Etymology

From lū̆ctor +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /luːkˈtaː.ti.oː/, [ɫ̪uːkˈt̪äːt̪ioː] or IPA^(key): /lukˈtaː.ti.oː/, [ɫ̪ʊkˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lukˈtat.t͡si.o/, [lukˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

lū̆ctātiō f (genitive lū̆ctātiōnis); third declension

1. wrestling
2. struggle, contest, fight

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lū̆ctātiō	lū̆ctātiōnēs
Genitive	lū̆ctātiōnis	lū̆ctātiōnum
Dative	lū̆ctātiōnī	lū̆ctātiōnibus
Accusative	lū̆ctātiōnem	lū̆ctātiōnēs
Ablative	lū̆ctātiōne	lū̆ctātiōnibus
Vocative	lū̆ctātiō	lū̆ctātiōnēs

Descendants

• English: luctation

References

• “luctatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “luctatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• luctatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.