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colluctātĭo (conl- ), ōnis, f. colluctor,
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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.56
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 6.2.4
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