Lewis & Short

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ē-lumbis, e, adj. [lumbus], hip-shot, having the hip dislocated.

  1. I. Lit.: evulso lumbo, Paul. ex Fest. p. 76, 13 Müll. (dub.).
  2. II. Trop., of style: Ciceronem male audisse a Bruto, ut ipsius verbis utar, tamquam fractum atque elumbem, i. e. enervated, Tac. Or. 18.
  3. * III. Transf.: virus, i. e. that weakens, enervates, Prud. στεφ. 2, 216.