I.a wrestling.
I. Lit.: “sine adversario nulla luctatio est,” Cic. Fat. 13, 30: “quid prodest multos vincere luctatione vel caestu, ab iracundia vinci,” Sen. Ep. 88, 19; Hyg. Fab. 273; Scrib. 101.—
B. Transf., a struggle, contest, fight: “tetra ibi luctatio erat,” Liv. 21, 36, 7; Sen. Q. N. 5, 13, 1: “plurium ventorum inter ipsos,” id. ib. 7, 9, 2; cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 38.—
II. Trop., of mental or moral wrestling, a struggle, contest: “nam cum Academicis incerta luctatio est, qui nihil affirmant,” Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 43; id. Fat. 6, 12; Lact. 2, 19, 2: “una tamen veluti luctatio civitatis fuit, pugnantis cum Caesare senatus populique Romani, ut, etc.,” Vell. 2, 124, 2: “una nobis et magna et praecipua cum carne est,” Lact. 4, 25, 9.
