ē-luctor — Lewis & Short
ē-luctor, ātus, 1,
I v. dep. n. and a. (perh. not ante-Aug.).
I 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.—
II 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.