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 Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫuːk.ta], [ˈɫʊk.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈluk.ta]
• 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 (Late Latin)

1. a wrestling, wrestling match
2. 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 (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of luta

This spelling coexisted with luta, but was more common.

lucta

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