verb transitive

luxo

2nd PP luxāre · 3rd PP luxāvi · 4th PP luxātum · conj. 1st

Gr. λοξός, slanting, akin to obliquus, limus, licinus

to put out of joint, to dislocate

to put out of joint, to dislocate.

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Lit.: luxatum si quod est, sanum faciet, Cato, R. R. 157: luxata in locum reponere, Sen. Ep. 104, 18: articulis luxatis, Plin. 30, 9, 23, § 79: luxata corpora, id. 31, 6, 37, § 71.—

to put out of place, displace by extension •

Transf., to put out of place, displace: luxare vitium radices, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 227: luxatae machinae, fallen apart, id. 36, 15, 24, § 119: luxata cornua, id. 8, 45, 70, § 179.

Perseus ID: n27306 Key: luxo