eluctor

Latin

Etymology

From ē- (“out of”, alternative form of ex-) +‎ lū̆ctor (“I struggle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eːˈluːk.tor/, [eːˈɫ̪uːkt̪ɔr] or IPA^(key): /eːˈluk.tor/, [eːˈɫ̪ʊkt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈluk.tor/, [eˈlukt̪or]

Verb

ēlū̆ctor (present infinitive ēlū̆ctārī, perfect active ēlū̆ctātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to struggle out of
2. to surmount a difficulty

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ēlū̆ctor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ēlū̆ctor	ēlū̆ctāris, ēlū̆ctāre	ēlū̆ctātur	ēlū̆ctāmur	ēlū̆ctāminī	ēlū̆ctantur
	imperfect	ēlū̆ctābar	ēlū̆ctābāris, ēlū̆ctābāre	ēlū̆ctābātur	ēlū̆ctābāmur	ēlū̆ctābāminī	ēlū̆ctābantur
	future	ēlū̆ctābor	ēlū̆ctāberis, ēlū̆ctābere	ēlū̆ctābitur	ēlū̆ctābimur	ēlū̆ctābiminī	ēlū̆ctābuntur
	perfect	ēlū̆ctātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ēlū̆ctātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ēlū̆ctātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ēlū̆cter	ēlū̆ctēris, ēlū̆ctēre	ēlū̆ctētur	ēlū̆ctēmur	ēlū̆ctēminī	ēlū̆ctentur
imperfect	ēlū̆ctārer	ēlū̆ctārēris, ēlū̆ctārēre	ēlū̆ctārētur	ēlū̆ctārēmur	ēlū̆ctārēminī	ēlū̆ctārentur
perfect	ēlū̆ctātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	ēlū̆ctātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ēlū̆ctāre	—	—	ēlū̆ctāminī	—
	future	—	ēlū̆ctātor	ēlū̆ctātor	—	—	ēlū̆ctantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ēlū̆ctārī	ēlū̆ctātum esse	ēlū̆ctātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		ēlū̆ctāns	ēlū̆ctātus	ēlū̆ctātūrus	—	—	ēlū̆ctandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ēlū̆ctandī	ēlū̆ctandō	ēlū̆ctandum	ēlū̆ctandō	ēlū̆ctātum	ēlū̆ctātū

Derived terms

• ēlū̆ctābilis (“surmountable”)
• inēlū̆ctābilis (“insurmountable”)

 

References

• “eluctor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “eluctor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• eluctor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.