luctātor (noun M) : luctor
* A wrestler.
* Lit.: fortior in fulva novus est luctator arena,Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 31: luctator ter abjectus perdidit palmam,Sen. Ben. 5, 3, 1; id. Ep. 88, 18; Quint. 2, 8, 7; 12, 2, 12.
* Esp. a wrestler represented in art: Naucerus luctatorem anhelantem fecit,Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 80; 35, 11, 40, § 130.
* Transf.: (vinum) pedes captat primum, luctator dolosus est, a treacherous foe, in allusion to the wrestler, who strove to grasp his opponent's feet, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 5.

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