lucta

Latin

Etymology

Post-Classical, from luctor (“wrestle”). See luctātiō.

Noun

lucta f (genitive luctae); first declension

(Late Latin) a wrestling, wrestling match
(Late Latin) struggle, fight

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lucta	luctae
Genitive	luctae	luctārum
Dative	luctae	luctīs
Accusative	luctam	luctās
Ablative	luctā	luctīs
Vocative	lucta	luctae

Descendants

Albanian: luftë
Aragonese: luita
Aromanian: alumtã, ljuftã
Asturian: llucha
Esperanto: lukto
Friulian: lote
Italian: lotta
Mirandese: lhuita
Old French:
- Middle French: lutte
  - French: lutte
Old Portuguese: luita
- Galician: loita
- Portuguese: luta

Old Occitan:
- Catalan: lluita
- Occitan: lucha
Romanian: luptă
Romansch: lutga, lotga, luotta
Sicilian: lutta
Spanish: lucha
Venetian: lota

References

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

Noun

lucta f (plural luctas)

Superseded spelling of luta. (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).

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