colluctatio

colluctātĭo ( conl- ), ōnis, f. [colluctor], a wrestling, struggling, contending with something (post-Aug. prose).

I.

Prop.:

in colluctatione vel pancratio,

Dig. 9, 2, 7;

so of the fighting of oxen,

Col. 6, 2, 4.—

II.

Trop., the death struggle, Sen. Q. N. 3, 18, 1. —Of an embracing in love, App. M. 9, p. 219, 12; Lact. 1, 17.—Of a difficult utterance:

est aliis concursus oris et cum verbis suis colluctatio,

Quint. 11, 3, 56.