colluctātĭo (conl-), ōnis, f. [colluctor], 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.