ἐκτυφλόω

English (LSJ)

   A make quite blind, τινά Batr.238, Hdt.4.2,9.93, X.Eq. 10.2, Ar.Pl.301, etc.; ἐκτυφλοῦν τιν' ἀστραπή Antiph.195.4: abs., κονιορτὸς ἐκτυφλῶν Ar.Fr.569.2:—Pass., λαμπτῆρες ἐκτυφλωθέντες σκότῳ (expl. by σβεσθέντες in Sch.) A.Ch.536: metaph., Philostr. VA4.36; of buds destroyed by hail, Id.Her.2.11.

German (Pape)

[Seite 784] ganz blind machen, blenden; Her. 9, 93; Ar. Plut. 309; Xen. Equ. 10, 2; λαμπτῆρες ἐκτυφλωθέντες σκότῳ Aesch. Ch. 529.