deaden
From LSJ
Ὁ μὴ γαμῶν ἄνθρωπος οὐκ ἔχει κακά → Multis malis caret ille, qui uxorem haud habet → Der Mann, der ledig bleibt, kennt keinen Leidensdruck
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
make dull: P. and V. ἀμβλύνειν, ἀπαμβλύνειν, V. καταμβλύνειν.
custom will work with time to deaden this feeling: V. ἀλλ' ὁ νόμος αὐτὰ τῷ χρόνῳ συνισχνανεῖ (Eur., Iphigenia in Aulis 694).
