luctāmen, inis, n. id., a wrestling. Lit., Lampr. Alex. Sev. 30.

— Transf. A struggling, struggle, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 30, 4.

— Toil, exertion, contest, fight: remo ut luctamen abesset, Verg. A. 8, 89: Veneris luctamen anhelum exercere, Auct. Epith. in Anthol. Lat. T. II. p. 636: lento luctamine Poenum compressit, Claud. B. G. 138.

— A mixing together, mixture of materials of different kinds: sine luctamine alterius generis, Pall. 3, 9, 13.

— Trop.: sed emendatio morum difficile luctamen fuit, labor, task, Mamert. Grat. Act. ad Jul. 4.