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“dislocate” in Latin
lū̆xōto put out of joint, dislocate; to displaceextorqueōto obtain or take away by force, extort; to tear away, twist away, wrench outarticulusa point connecting various parts of the body; joint, knot, knuckle.; a limb, member, finger; a short clause; a single wocervīxneck, nape, throat; great burden, danger (from the figure taken from bearing the yoke); boldness, headstrong behaviorarmusthe shoulder, side; the forequarter; rarely used of humans.moveōto move, stir, set in motion; to disturb, shake, remove; to arouse, excite, promote, produceexcidōto fall out, from or down, tumble to the ground, collapse, break down, drop; to fall out or from involuntarily, slip out
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dislocate
To put out of joint, luxare (☞ not eluxare, which has no ancient authority in its favor): extorquere (to dislocate by a wrench; e.g., articulum, Sen.): ejicere (e.g., cervicem, armum): to be dislocated, sua sede or suo loco moveri; or moveri only (Cels.); de suo loco emoveri (to get out of its position, also of the joints of the body); excidere (to fall out of the socket; with or without sua sede; suis sedibus, Cels., 8, 11); loco suo non esse (of the parts that are in that state; Cels., ib.): excessisse (Cels., 8): cf., prolabi, elabi, promoveri, erumpere are used by Cels., chiefly when mentioning the direction in which the dislocation takes place. Dislocated, loco suo motus: dislocated limbs, artus in pravum elapsi (Tac., Hist., 4, 81).
Displace, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dislocate?
- The usual Latin words for “dislocate” are lū̆xō, extorqueō, articulus; also cervīx, armus, moveō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.