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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

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|Definition=<b class="b3">[ῡ</b>], fut. <b class="b3">-ῠνῶ</b> (v. infr.), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">blunt</b> or <b class="b2">dull the edge of</b>, τὰ ξίφη <span class="bibl">D.C.40.24</span> (Pass.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> mostly metaph., ἐλπίδα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.82</span> (tm.); of a person, τεθηγμένον τοί μ' οὐκ ἀπαμβλυνεῖς λόγῳ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>715</span>; τὰ λευκὰ τῶν τριχῶν ἀπαμβλύνει τὸν νοῦν <span class="bibl">Herod.1.67</span>; φάος ὄσσων <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>4.525</span>; <b class="b2">tone down, take the edge off</b> a phrase, <span class="bibl">Plot.3.6.12</span>:—more freq. in Pass., <b class="b2">to be blunted, lose its edge</b> or <b class="b2">force</b>, ὥρη μὲν ἀπήμβλυνται, θυμὸς δὲ μενοινᾷ <span class="bibl">Hom.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Eleg.</span>6</span>; γηράσκοντι συγγηράσκουσι αἱ φρένες καὶ ἐς τὰ πρήγματα πάντα ἀπαμβλύνονται <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.134</span>; ἀπαμβλυνθήσεται γνώμην <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>866</span>; ἡμῖν -ύνεται ἡ δικαιοσύνη <b class="b2">is indistinctly seen</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>442d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = foreg., <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>4.8.3</span> (s. v.l.).</span>
|Definition=<b class="b3">[ῡ</b>], fut. <b class="b3">-ῠνῶ</b> (v. infr.), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">blunt</b> or <b class="b2">dull the edge of</b>, τὰ ξίφη <span class="bibl">D.C.40.24</span> (Pass.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> mostly metaph., ἐλπίδα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.82</span> (tm.); of a person, τεθηγμένον τοί μ' οὐκ ἀπαμβλυνεῖς λόγῳ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>715</span>; τὰ λευκὰ τῶν τριχῶν ἀπαμβλύνει τὸν νοῦν <span class="bibl">Herod.1.67</span>; φάος ὄσσων <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>4.525</span>; <b class="b2">tone down, take the edge off</b> a phrase, <span class="bibl">Plot.3.6.12</span>:—more freq. in Pass., <b class="b2">to be blunted, lose its edge</b> or <b class="b2">force</b>, ὥρη μὲν ἀπήμβλυνται, θυμὸς δὲ μενοινᾷ <span class="bibl">Hom.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Eleg.</span>6</span>; γηράσκοντι συγγηράσκουσι αἱ φρένες καὶ ἐς τὰ πρήγματα πάντα ἀπαμβλύνονται <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.134</span>; ἀπαμβλυνθήσεται γνώμην <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>866</span>; ἡμῖν -ύνεται ἡ δικαιοσύνη <b class="b2">is indistinctly seen</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>442d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = foreg., <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>4.8.3</span> (s. v.l.).</span>
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English (LSJ)

[ῡ], fut. -ῠνῶ (v. infr.),

   A blunt or dull the edge of, τὰ ξίφη D.C.40.24 (Pass.).    2 mostly metaph., ἐλπίδα Pi.P.1.82 (tm.); of a person, τεθηγμένον τοί μ' οὐκ ἀπαμβλυνεῖς λόγῳ A.Th.715; τὰ λευκὰ τῶν τριχῶν ἀπαμβλύνει τὸν νοῦν Herod.1.67; φάος ὄσσων Opp.H.4.525; tone down, take the edge off a phrase, Plot.3.6.12:—more freq. in Pass., to be blunted, lose its edge or force, ὥρη μὲν ἀπήμβλυνται, θυμὸς δὲ μενοινᾷ Hom.Epigr.12, cf. S.Eleg.6; γηράσκοντι συγγηράσκουσι αἱ φρένες καὶ ἐς τὰ πρήγματα πάντα ἀπαμβλύνονται Hdt.3.134; ἀπαμβλυνθήσεται γνώμην A.Pr.866; ἡμῖν -ύνεται ἡ δικαιοσύνη is indistinctly seen, Pl.R.442d.    II = foreg., J.BJ4.8.3 (s. v.l.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 277] abstumpfen, τεθηγμένον τοί μ' οὐκ ἀπαμβλυνεῖς λόγῳ Aesch. Spt. 697, du wirst mich in meinem Entschlusse nicht wankend machen; schwächen, ἀπὸ γὰρ κόρος ἀμβλύνει ἐλπίδας Pind. P. 1, 82. Häufiger im pass., schwächer, milder werden, ἀπαμβλυνθήσεται Aesch. Prom. 686; γηράσκοντι αἱ φρένες ἀπαμβλύνονται ἐς πάντα πρήγματα Her. 3, 134; Plat. Rep. IV, 442; Plut.