ἀπαμβλύνω: Difference between revisions

|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> [[blunt]] or [[dull the edge of]], 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>; [[tone down]], [[take the edge off]] a phrase, <span class="bibl">Plot.3.6.12</span>:—more freq. in Pass., to [[be blunted]], [[lose its edge]] or [[force]], 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 [[is indistinctly seen]], <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>