sprain
sprain
v. trans.
Dislocate: Ar. ἐκκοκκίζειν.
He has sprained his ankle: Ar. τὸ σφύρον ἐξεκόκκισε Ach. 1179).
Be sprained: P. διαστρέφεσθαι.
Have one’s feet sprained: V. τοὺς πόδας σπασθῆναι (aor. pass. of σπᾶν) (Eur. Cycl. 638).
v. trans.
Dislocate: Ar. ἐκκοκκίζειν.
He has sprained his ankle: Ar. τὸ σφύρον ἐξεκόκκισε Ach. 1179).
Be sprained: P. διαστρέφεσθαι.
Have one’s feet sprained: V. τοὺς πόδας σπασθῆναι (aor. pass. of σπᾶν) (Eur. Cycl. 638).
sprain
subs.
P. στρέμμα, τό, σπάσμα, τό.
subs.
P. στρέμμα, τό, σπάσμα, τό.
SPRAIN
s. by circumlocution by the verb: luxatura (dislocation very late).
s. by circumlocution by the verb: luxatura (dislocation very late).
v. convellere (e.g. armos Col.).
sprain (v.):
1. intorqueo, si, tum, 2: to s. one's ankle, talum i., Auct. B. Hisp. 38.
2. perh. convello, 3 (to wrench violently): cf. Col. 6, 16, saepe etiam (bos) ... aut duriori solo aut obviae radici obluctatus convellit armos (overstrains the shoulders). Luxare is to put out of joint: and in the chapp. of Cels. treating of injuries of the joints, only fractures and dislocations are mentioned: lib. 8. Phr.: s.s are often worse to heal than fractures, *saepe difficilius sanantur membra quae ex nimia nervorum contentione (distentione) laborant quam quae fracta sunt.
1. intorqueo, si, tum, 2: to s. one's ankle, talum i., Auct. B. Hisp. 38.
2. perh. convello, 3 (to wrench violently): cf. Col. 6, 16, saepe etiam (bos) ... aut duriori solo aut obviae radici obluctatus convellit armos (overstrains the shoulders). Luxare is to put out of joint: and in the chapp. of Cels. treating of injuries of the joints, only fractures and dislocations are mentioned: lib. 8. Phr.: s.s are often worse to heal than fractures, *saepe difficilius sanantur membra quae ex nimia nervorum contentione (distentione) laborant quam quae fracta sunt.
sprain (subs.): perh. *nimia nervorum contentio: v. preced. art.