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ἀπαμβλύνω

ἀπαμβλύνω, to blunt the edge of

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ἀπήμβλυνεν aorist active indicative 3rd singular, imperfect active indicative 3rd singular of ἀπαμβλύνω

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ἀπαμβλύνω [ῡ], fut. -ῠνῶ (v. infr.),
  • blunt or dull the edge of, τὰ ξίφη D.C. 40.24 (Pass.).
      • 2 mostly metaph., ἐλπίδα Pi. P. 1.82 (tm.); of a person, τεθηγμένον τοί μʼ 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 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; ἡμῖν -ύνεται ἡ δικαιοσύνη is indistinctly seen, Pl. R. 442d.
    • II = foreg., J. BJ 4.8.3 (s. v.l.).

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