verb transitive

dēlumbo

2nd PP dē-lumbāre · 3rd PP dē-lumbātum · conj. 1st

to lame in the loins

id., to lame in the loins (very rare).

quadrupede delumbata, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 36. — literal •

Lit.: quadrupede delumbata, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 36. —

to vend; bent into an arch by extension

Transf. to vend: radices delumbatae, Plin 19, 6, 33, § 109: lacunaria curva ad circinum delumbata, bent into an arch, Vitr., 6, 5.—*

to weaken, enervate; fin..; figuratively

Trop., to weaken, enervate: sententias (with concīdere), * Cic. Or. 69 fin..; cf. delumbis.

Perseus ID: n12970 Key: delumbo