blunt
From LSJ
Θησεύς τινʹ ἡμάρτηκεν ἐς σʹ ἁμαρτίαν; (Euripides, Hippolytus 319) → Hath Theseus wronged thee in any wise?
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
rude, unpolished: Ar. and P. ἄγροικος, V. ἄκομψος.
be blunt of speech: P. παρρησιάζεσθαι, V. θρασυστομεῖν, ἐξελευθεροστομεῖν, ἐλευθεραστομεῖν.
verb transitive
Lit. or Met., P. and V. ἀμβλύνειν, ἀπαμβλυνειν, V. καταμβλύνειν, lit., V. ἐκκωφεῖν.
are their swords blunted at the sight of beauty? V. ἆρ' εἰς τὸ κάλλος ἐκκεκώφηται ξίφη; (Eur., Orestes 1287).
with feelings blunted: P. and V. ἀμβλύς.
