I.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.