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.[1] Compare lū̆ctātiō and lū̆ctāmen.

Pronunciation

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

References

  1. ^ Malkiel, Yakov (1977) “The Social Matrix of Palaeo-Romance Postverbal Nouns”, in Romance Philology, volume 31, number 1, page 75
  2. ^ Bennett, Charles E. (1907) The Latin Language: a historical outline of its sounds, inflections, and syntax, Boston: Allyn and Bacon, page 60

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 (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of luta.
Usage notes

This spelling coexisted with luta, but was more common.

Etymology 2

Verb

lucta

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