numb
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
dull: P. and V. ἀμβλύς; see also torpid.
be numb, v.:P. ναρκᾶν (Plato).
ah, me! I swoon and my limbs grow numb: V. οἲ 'γὼ προλείπω, λύεται δέ μοι μέλη (Euripides, Hecuba 438).
so that my hand grow numb upon thy robes: V. ὥστ' ἐνθανεῖνγε σοῖς πέπλοισι χεῖρ' ἐμήν (Euripides, Hecuba 246).
verb transitive
dull: P. and V. ἀμβλύνειν, ἀπαμβλύνειν, V. καταμβλύνειν.
