Luctate
/ˈlʌk.teɪt/noun
To struggle, strive, or wrestle, especially against difficulty or opposition.
Did you know?Luctate belongs to the same Latin word-family as reluctant, whose original sense was ‘struggling against’ or ‘resisting.’
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*lewg-
“To bend, twist, or struggle; a reconstructed ancestral root associated with Latin luctari.”
Classical Latin
Latin
luctārī
“To wrestle, struggle, or strive against something.”
Late Latin
Latin
luctāre
“To struggle or contend; a variant form used in the development of Romance and learned vocabulary.”
17th Century
English
luctate
“To struggle or strive; a rare learned verb borrowed from Latin.”
Modern English
English
luctate
“To struggle or wrestle, now chiefly encountered in historical, literary, or highly specialized writing.”
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