elumbis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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

I Lit.: evulso lumbo, Paul. ex Fest. p. 76, 13 Müll. (dub.). —

II Trop., of style: Ciceronem male audisse a Bruto, ut ipsius verbis utar, tamquam fractum atque elumbem, i. e. enervated , Tac. Or. 18.—*

III Transf.: virus, i. e. that weakens , enervates , Prud. στεφ. 2, 216.

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