The corpus record — Latin

obluctor

struggle against, to contend with, oppose

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Where it lives

Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli 1 · 4.65/10k
Eclogarum Liber 1 · 3.65/10k
De Vita Beata 1 · 1.38/10k
Historiae Alexandri Magni 4 · 0.54/10k
Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 3 · 0.38/10k
Punica 2 · 0.26/10k
Pharsalia 1 · 0.2/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 2 · 0.17/10k
Aeneid 1 · 0.16/10k
Letters 1 · 0.15/10k
Controversiae 1 · 0.15/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ob-luctor — Lewis & Short

ob-luctor, ātus, 1,

I v. dep., to strive or struggle against, to contend with, oppose a person or thing (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

I Lit.

A With dat. of person: soli obluctandum Fabio, to contend with Fabius alone, Sil. 8, 10.—

B With dat. of thing: genibusque adversae obluctor harenae, struggle against, Verg. A. 3, 38: fruticibus, Col. 8, 14, 8: flumini, Curt. 4, 8, 8. —

C Absol.: obluctantia saxa Submovit nitens, Stat. S. 3, 1, 20.—

II Trop.: ut erat animi semper obluctantis difficultatibus, Curt. 6, 6, 27: oblivioni, id. 7, 1, 9: morti, Luc. 3, 662.

In the wild

obluctanti Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 3.18.2
obluctantis Pliny the Younger, Letters 4.30.6
obluctantia Ausonius, Eclogarum Liber 7.35
obluctata Claudian, Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli 1.104
obluctatur Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 17_18.107.12
obluctatus Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 1.4.1

6 of 20 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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