ἀμβλύνω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἀμβλύνω
Structure:
ἀμβλύν
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to blunt, take the edge off, to make dull, to become dull, lose its edge or force
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- κοινῶσ δὲ πάντα τὰ σελάχια φυσώδη ἐστὶ καὶ κρεώδη καὶ δυσκατέργαστα πλεοναζόμενά τε τὰσ ὄψεισ ἀμβλύνει, ἡ δὲ σηπία καὶ ἑψομένη μὲν ἁπαλὴ καὶ εὔστομοσ καὶ εὔπεπτοσ, ἔτι δ’ εὐκοίλιοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 53 2:5)
- ἑτέροισ σιτίοισ χρῆσθαι καὶ ὄψοισ, ἃ καὶ τῷ σώματι μᾶλλόν ἐστι κατὰ φύσιν, καὶ τῆσ ψυχῆσ ἧττον ἀμβλύνει τὸ λογικόν, ὥσπερ ἐκ λιτῆσ καὶ ἐλαφρᾶσ ὕλησ ἀναπτόμενον. (Plutarch, De tuenda sanitate praecepta, chapter, section 18 9:1)
- ἄστοργον καὶ δυσεπίμικτον ἀμβλύνει καὶ ἀνασβέννυσι τὰσ ὁρμάσ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Naturales, chapter 21 6:1)
- "ὑγρότησ δ’ οὐ μόνον ὄψιν ἀμβλύνει καὶ ἀκοήν, ἀλλὰ καὶ κατόπτρων θιγοῦσα καὶ μιχθεῖσα πρὸσ ἀέρα ἀφαιρεῖ τὴν λαμπρότητα καὶ τὸ φέγγοσ. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 413)
- καὶ τὸν Τηλέμαχον ἐκ τοῦ λόγου συνιδὼν χαλεπὸν ὄντα καὶ μισοπόνηρον ἀμβλύνει καὶ παρασκευάζει πόρρωθεν ἡσυχίαν ἄγειν καὶ ἀνέχεσθαι, κελεύων εἰ δὲ μ’ ἀτιμήσουσι δόμον κάτα, σὸν δὲ φίλον κῆρ τετλάτω ἐν στήθεσσι κακῶσ πάσχοντοσ ἐμεῖο , ἤν περ καὶ διὰ δῶμα ποδῶν ἕλκωσι θύραζε ἢ βέλεσιν βάλλωσι· (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 11 19:1)
- "πολεμίου γε μάχαιραν ἀμβλυνῶ. (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 623)
- "πολεμίου γε μάχαιραν ἀμβλυνῶ. (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 623)
Synonyms
-
to blunt
- ἀπαμβλύνω (to blunt the edge of, to be blunted, lose its edge)