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|Full diacritics=ἀμβλύς
|Medium diacritics=ἀμβλύς
|Low diacritics=αμβλύς
|Capitals=ΑΜΒΛΥΣ
|Transliteration A=amblýs
|Transliteration B=amblys
|Transliteration C=amvlys
|Beta Code=a)mblu/s
|Definition=εῖα, ύ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">blunt, dulled, with edge</b> or <b class="b2">point taken off</b>, properly of a sharp instrument, opp. <b class="b3">ὀξύς</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span>215e</span>, <span class="title">Tht.</span>&lt;*&gt;<span class="bibl">65d</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. γωνία</b> <b class="b2">obtuse</b> angle, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ti.</span>55a</span>; <b class="b3">ἀμβλεῖα, ἡ,</b> sc. <b class="b3">γωνία</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mech.</span>855a10</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἀ. πλευρά</b> side <b class="b2">adjacent to such angle</b>, Hero <b class="b2">*Geom</b>.12.35, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of light, <b class="b2">dim, faint</b>, <b class="b3">ὄρθρος</b> Ion ap.Phot.p.89R. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., <b class="b2">dim, faint</b>, of sight, <b class="b3">ἀμβλὺ ὁρᾶν, -ύτερον βλέπειν</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>174e</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span> 656b36</span>, al.; of hearing, τῆς ἀκοῆς οὔσης -υτέρας αἰσθήσεως ἢ τῆς ὄψεως <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pr.</span>886b32</span>; of the feelings or mind, ἀμβλυτέρᾳ τῇ ὀργῇ <b class="b2">less keen</b>, <span class="bibl">Th. 3.38</span>; ἀμβλύτερον ποιεῖν τι <b class="b2">less vigorous</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.2.65</span>. Adv. ἀμβλέως Archig. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.8.2</span>: Comp., v. supr. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">dull, monotonous</b>, τὠμβλὺ τῆς ζόης <span class="bibl">Herod.3.52</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> of persons, in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>238</span>, of Orestes purified, <b class="b2">having lost the edge</b> of guilt: mostly, <b class="b2">dull, spiritless, having lost keenness of feeling</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>821</span>; ἀμβλύτερος τὴν φύσιν <b class="b2">duller</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.9.3</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. εἴς, περί</b>, or <b class="b3">πρός τι</b> <b class="b2">dull</b> or <b class="b2">sluggish</b> in a thing, <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Cat.Ma.</span>24</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Alc.</span>30</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.11.43</span> (Comp.): abs., <span class="bibl">Th.2.40</span>. Adv., Comp. -υτέρως <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>19.2.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Act., <b class="b2">making dull, darkening</b>, of a cloud, <span class="title">AP</span>7.367(Antip.).</span>
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|lstext='''ἀμβλύς''': -εῖα, ύ, (ἴδε [[μαλακός]]): - ὁ μὴ [[ὀξύς]], [[κυρίως]] ἐπὶ ὀξέων (κοπτερῶν ἢ μυτερῶν) ὀργάνων, Πλάτ. Λύσ. 215Ε, Θεαίτ. 165D, ἀμβλ. [[γωνία]], ὁ αὐτ. Τίμ. 55Α, Ἀριστ., κτλ. 2) μεταφ. [[ἀμαυρός]], [[θαμβός]], [[ἀδύνατος]]· ἐπὶ ὁράσεως, ἀμβλὺ ὁρᾶν, βλέπειν Πλάτ. Θεαίτ. 174Ε, Ἀριστ. περὶ Ζ. μορ. 2, 13, 11 καὶ ἀλλ.: ἐπὶ ἀκοῆς, ὁ αὐτ. Προβλ. 7. 5, 5· ἐπὶ τῶν ψυχικῶν παθήσεων, ἀμβλυτέρᾳ τῇ ὀργῇ, μετ’ ὀλιγωτέρου θυμοῦ, Θουκ. 3. 38· ἀμβλύτερον ποιεῖν τι, ἧττον ζωηρόν, ὁ αὐτ. 2. 65. β) ἐπὶ προσώπων, ἐν Αἰσχύλ. Εὐμεν. 238 περὶ τοῦ Ὀρέστου ὡς ἁγνισθέντος ἤδη ἀφοῦ ἀπέβαλε τὴν ὀξύτητα τῆς ἐνοχῆς: ἀλλὰ [[κυρίως]] ὁ [[ἄνευ]] ζωηρότητος, [[ἄνευ]] δραστηριότητος, ἀποβαλὼν τὴν ὀξείαν αἴσθησιν, Θουκ. 2. 40, Εὐρ. Ἀποσπ. 818· ἀμβλύτερος τὴν φύσιν, νωθρότερος, Ξεν. Ἀπομν. 3. 9, 3· ἀμβλ. εἴς τι, [[περί]] τι ἢ [[πρός]] τι = [[νωθρός]], [[ἀδρανής]], [[πρός]] τι ἢ ἔν τινι πράγματι, Πλουτ. Κάτων Πρεσβ. 24, Ἀλκιβ. 30, κτλ.: Ἐπίρρ. συγκρ. -υτέρως Ἰωσήπ. Α. Ι. 19. 2, 5. ΙΙ. ἐνεργ. ὁ καθιστῶν τι ἀμυδρόν, σκοτεινόν, ἐπὶ νέφους, Ἀνθ. Π. 7. 367.
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|btext=εῖα, ύ;<br />émoussé ; <i>p. ext.</i> sans vigueur, faible ; <i>au mor.</i> ἀμβλύτερος τὴν φύσιν XÉN d’une nature dégénérée ; ἀμβλυτέρα [[ὀργή]] THC colère émoussée ; ἀμβλὺς [[πρός]] [[τι]], [[εἴς]] [[τι]], [[περί]] [[τι]] sans énergie pour qch.<br />'''Étymologie:''' p. *ἀμλύς, de ἀ- prosth. et R. Μαλ amollir ; cf. [[μαλακός]].
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