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Lewis Short
ē-luctor, ātus, 1
* V. dep. n. and a. (perh. not ante-Aug.).
* 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.
* 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.
* V. dep. n. and a. (perh. not ante-Aug.).
* 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.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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