luxo

luxo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [Gr. loxos, slanting, akin to obliquus, limus, licinus], to put out of joint, to dislocate.

I.

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.—

II.

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.