luxo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [Gr. λοξός, 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.