I.v. dep. n. and a. (perh. not ante-Aug.).
I. Neutr., to struggle out, force one's way out: “aqua omnis,” Verg. G. 2, 244; “so of streams,” Sen. Q. N. 4, 2; Luc. 2, 219.—Trop.: “ipse, compositus alias, et velut eluctantium verborum, promptius eloquebatur,” i. e. hesitating in speech, unready, Tac. A. 4, 31.—
II. Act., to struggle out of any thing; also, to surmount a difficulty, to obtain by striving: “tot ac tam validas manus,” Liv. 24, 26 fin.: “nives,” Tac. H. 3, 59; cf.: “locorum difficultates,” id. Agr. 17 fin.: “furorem,” Stat. Ach. 1, 525 et saep.: “viam ponti,” Val. Fl. 8, 184.