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|Definition=[[ἀμβλεῖα]], [[ἀμβλύ]], <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[blunt]], [[dulled]], [[with edge taken off]] or [[with point taken off]], properly of a [[sharp]] [[instrument]], opp. [[ὀξύς]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span>215e</span>, <span class="title">Tht.</span><abbr title="Illegible text in print source">†</abbr><span class="bibl">65d</span>; [[ἀμβλεῖα γωνία]] [[obtuse]] [[angle]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ti.</span>55a</span>; [[ἀμβλεῖα]], ἡ, sc. [[γωνία]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mech.</span>855a10</span>, etc.; ἀμβλεῖα [[πλευρά]] = side [[adjacent]] to such [[angle]], Hero ''*Geom''.12.35, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of light, [[dim]], [[faint]], [[ὄρθρος]] Ion ap.Phot.p.89R. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[dim]], [[faint]], of sight, ἀμβλὺ [[ὁρᾶν]], [[ἀμβλύτερον]] [[βλέπειν]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>174e</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span> 656b36</span>, al.; of [[hearing]], τῆς ἀκοῆς οὔσης ἀμβλυτέρας αἰσθήσεως ἢ τῆς ὄψεως <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pr.</span>886b32</span>; of the feelings or mind, ἀμβλυτέρᾳ τῇ ὀργῇ [[less keen]], <span class="bibl">Th. 3.38</span>; [[ἀμβλύτερον]] [[ποιεῖν]] τι = [[less]] [[vigorous]], <span class="bibl">Id.2.65</span>. Adv. ἀμβλέως Archig. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.8.2</span>: Comp., v. supr. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[dull]], [[monotonous]], τὠμβλὺ τῆς ζόης <span class="bibl">Herod.3.52</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> of persons, in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>238</span>, of Orestes purified, [[having lost the edge]] of [[guilt]]: mostly, [[dull]], [[spiritless]], [[having lost keenness of feeling]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>821</span>; ἀμβλύτερος τὴν φύσιν [[duller]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.9.3</span>; ἀμβλύς [[εἴς]], [[περί]], or [[πρός τι]] [[dull]] or [[sluggish]] in a thing, <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Cat.Ma.</span>24</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Alc.</span>30</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.11.43</span> (Comp.): abs., <span class="bibl">Th.2.40</span>. Adv., Comp. [[ἀμβλυτέρως]] <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>19.2.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Act., [[making dull]], [[darkening]], of a [[cloud]], <span class="title">AP</span>7.367(Antip.).</span>