reluctor

rĕluctor, ātus, 1 ( abl. part. pres. reluctanti, Ov Am. 3, 4, 14), v. dep. n., to struggle against any thing, to resist ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: repugno, renitor, adversor).

I.

Lit.:

visit cubiculum, in quo reluctantis et impulsae (uxoris) vestigia cernebantur,

Tac. A. 4, 22:

huic spiritus oris Multa reluctanti obstruitur,

Verg. G. 4, 301:

reluctantes dracones,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 11; Ov. Am. 3, 4, 14:

hostis reluctans,

id. ib. 2, 9, 12; Curt. 6, 2, 6.— Poet., with inf.:

equites illic poscentia cursum Ora reluctantur pressis sedare lupatis,

Claud. in Ruf 2, 354. —

2.

Transf., of inanimate subjects:

Mycale, quam deduxisse canendo Saepe reluctatae constabat cornua lunae,

Ov. M. 12, 264:

inter obstantia saxa fractis aquis ac reluctantibus,

Quint. 9, 4, 7:

reluctantur faces,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1729:

domitare ventos reluctantes,

Plin. Pan. 81, 4.—

II.

Trop., to oppose, resist; to be adverse or reluctant:

reluctatus invitusque revertens in Italiam,

Vell. 2, 102, 5; cf.:

diu sum equidem reluctatus, Quint. prooem. § 1: diuque precibus ipsum reluctatum aegre vicerunt, ut, etc.,

Curt. 8, 2, 11; cf. Mart. 5, 35, 5:

his tot tantisque rationibus, quamquam multum reluctata verecundia Principis nostri, tandem tamen, cessit,

Plin. Pan. 60, 4:

fatis reluctantibus,

Petr. 111.

► 1.

Act. collat. form:

faucibus ipsis hiantis Cerberi reluctabat,

App. M. 4, p. 151, 28:

pectus et venter reluctabat,

id. ib. 7, p. 189, 38; Fulg. contr Verg.—

2.

Reluctatus, in a pass. signif., Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 42.