luctor

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

(conjugation-1, deponent) to struggle, strive, contend
(conjugation-1, deponent) to wrestle, fight

παλεύω

μαλώνω

τσακώνομαι

pugnāre

se battre

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

[ˈɫuːk.tɔr]

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“bend, twist”) (whence also lū̆xus, -a, -um (“dislocated”) and lū̆xus, -ūs (“dislocation; splendor”)). Cognate with Ancient Greek λύγος (lúgos), Lithuanian lugnas, and Old Norse lykna. Compare with English louk; lock. Per De Vaan, formed as a frequentative from Proto-Italic *luktos, the perfect passive participle form of an unattested non-frequentative verb. De Vaan assumes the stem had a short vowel here and in lū̆xus, despite noting that this is difficult to explain as the word meets the conditions for Lachmann's law to apply; he speculates that a hypothetical nasal present stem (which would regularly have had a short vowel), as found in Celtic, could have exerted analogical influence on the vowel length.