The corpus record

ἀμβλυ-ώσσω

ambluosso

to be short-sighted, have weak sight

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Where it lives

Hippias Minor 1 · 2.3/10k
On Hunting 1 · 1.1/10k
Republic 4 · 0.45/10k

What it meant

ἀμβλυ-ώσσω · ambly-ōssō — LSJ

to be short-sighted, have weak sight, to be dazzled

to be short-sighted, have weak sight, Hp. Prorrh. 2.42, etc., Pl. R. 508c, al., Hp.Mi. 374d; ἀ. πρὸς τὸ φῶς to be dazzled by it, Luc. Cont. 1, cf. Jul. Or. 5.163a; ἀ. τὰ τηλικαῦτα Luc. Tim. 27; τὸ τοῦ γήρως ἀμβλυῶττον Plu. Lib.educ. 2.13e.

In the wild

ἀμβλυώττοι · amblyōttoi Plato, Hippias Minor 374
ἀμβλυώττει · amblyōttei Plato, Republic 6.508 (DIORISIS sentence 4109)
ἀμβλυώττουσί · amblyōttousi Plato, Republic 6.508 (DIORISIS sentence 4103)
ἀμβλυώττει · amblyōttei Plato, Republic 7.516 (DIORISIS sentence 4199)
ἀμβλυώττων · amblyōttōn Plato, Republic 7.517 (DIORISIS sentence 4211)
ἀμβλυώττειν · amblyōttein Xenophon, On Hunting 5.27 (DIORISIS sentence 204)

Where it came from

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