luxo
From LSJ
Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη. Τὸ δὲ ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων αἴσχιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ κάκιστον. → Τo conquer yourself is the first and best victory of all, while to be conquered by yourself is of all the most shameful as well as evil
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
luxo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. Gr. λοξός, slanting, akin to obliquus, limus, licinus,
I 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.
