ἀπαμβλύνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῡ], fut. ἀπαμβλῠνῶ (v. infr.),<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[blunt]] or [[dull]] the [[edge]] of, τὰ ξίφη D.C.40.24 (Pass.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> mostly metaph., ἐλπίδα Pi.''P.''1.82 (tm.); of a person, τεθηγμένον τοί μ' οὐκ ἀπαμβλυνεῖς λόγῳ A.''Th.''715; τὰ λευκὰ τῶν τριχῶν ἀπαμβλύνει τὸν νοῦν Herod.1.67; φάος ὄσσων Opp.''H.''4.525; [[tone down]], [[take the edge off]] a phrase, Plot.3.6.12:—more freq. in Pass., to [[be blunted]], [[lose its edge]] or [[lose its force]], ὥρη μὲν ἀπήμβλυνται, θυμὸς δὲ μενοινᾷ Hom.''Epigr.''12, cf. S.''Eleg.''6; γηράσκοντι συγγηράσκουσι αἱ φρένες καὶ ἐς τὰ πρήγματα πάντα ἀπαμβλύνονται Hdt.3.134; ἀπαμβλυνθήσεται γνώμην A.''Pr.''866; μή πῃ ἡμῖν ἀπαμβλύνεται ἄλλο τι [[δικαιοσύνη]] = has our idea of [[justice]] in any way lost the [[edge]] (is [[indistinct]]ly seen), [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 442d.<br><span class="bld">II</span> = [[ἀπαμβλίσκω]] ([[make abortive]], [[miscarry]], [[produce abortive]]), J.''BJ''4.8.3 ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]).