lucta

ae, f.

root lug-; cf. λυγίζω, to writhe, ligare

I. a wrestling, wrestling-match (post-class.): exercebat cum militibus ipse luctam, Capitol. Maxim. 6: certamen luctae, Aus. Ep. 93.—
II. Trop.: perseverans quodammodo lucta convincitur, Aug. Ep. 606.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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