blunt

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

adjective

P. and V. ἀμβλύς.

rude, unpolished: Ar. and P. ἄγροικος, V. ἄκομψος.

be blunt of speech: P. παρρησιάζεσθαι, V. θρασυστομεῖν, ἐξελευθεροστομεῖν, ἐλευθεροστομεῖν.

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.