lucta

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.[1] Compare lū̆ctātiō and lū̆ctāmen.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈluːk.ta/, [ˈɫ̪uːkt̪ä] or IPA^(key): /ˈluk.ta/, [ˈɫ̪ʊkt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈluk.ta/, [ˈlukt̪ä]
• Although Bennett (1907)[2] marks the vowel in the first syllable as long, there seems to be stronger evidence of it being short. See notes at lū̆ctor.

lū̆cta f (genitive lū̆ctae); first declension

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

First-declension noun.

• “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

lucta f (plural luctas)

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

lucta

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