luxus

1.

luxus, a, um, adj. [= Gr. loxos; v. luxo], dislocated:

luxum si quod est,

Cato, R. R. 160: luxo pede, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prob. p. 1476 P. (Hist. 5, 2); cf.: luxa membra e suis locis mota et soluta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 119, 17 Müll.— Subst.: luxum, i, n., a dislocation:

emplastrum utile ad luxa, vel fracta,

Marc. Emp. 36.

2.

luxus, ūs, m. [1. luxus], a dislocation (ante- and post-class.):

ad luxum aut fracturam alliga: sanum fiet,

Cato, R. R. 160; App. Flor. p. 354 med.; Plin. Val. 2, 49.

3.

luxus, ūs (dat. luxu, Sall. J. 6; Tac. A. 3, 34; id. H. 2, 71) [root luc-; cf. pol-luceo, pol-lucte; v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 368 sq.].

I.

Excess, extravagance in eating and drinking, luxury, debauchery:

adulescens luxu perditus,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 42:

in vino ac luxu,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62:

aliquid luxu antecapere,

Sall. C. 13:

luxu atque desidiā corrupta civitas,

id. ib. 57:

luxu et saginae mancipatus,

Tac. H. 2, 71; 4, 14:

per luxum et ignaviam aetatem agere,

i. e. luxuriously and slothfully, Sall. J. 2:

flagitiosus, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 5, 3, 2: turpi fregerunt saecula luxu divitiae molles,

Juv. 6, 299.— In plur.:

nondum translatos Romana in saecula luxus,

Luc. 10, 109:

combibat illapsos ductor per viscera luxus,

Sil. 11, 402.—

II.

Splendor, pomp, magnificence, state:

at domus interior regali splendida luxu Instruitur,

Verg. A. 1, 637:

epulaeque ante ora paratae Regifico luxu,

id. ib. 6, 604:

eruditus luxus,

Tac. A. 16, 18.