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ἀμβλ-ύς

amblus

blunt; dim, faint (of sighty (IA). «ὃ» *DER ἀμβλύτης ‘bluntness, weakness

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1. ἀμβλύς · amblys — Beekes

ἀμβλύς, -εἴα, -ὑ [adj.] ‘blunt; dim, faint (of sighty (IA). «ὃ» *DER ἀμβλύτης ‘bluntness, weakness’ (Arist. Plu.); denominative verbs: 1. ἀμβλύνω [v.] ‘to make blunt, weaken’ (IA); ἄμβλυνσις (comm. Arist.), ἀμβλυντήρ (Poeta de herb.), ἀμβλυντικός ‘causing weakness’ (Dsc.). 2. ἀμβλυώσσω (-dttw) [v.] ‘to be short-sighted’ (Hp., P1.), from *auPAv-wy, cf. ἀμβλυ-ωπός, also ἀμβλωπός, ἀμβλῶψ; Schwyzer: 733 ¢, Sommer 1948: … — [Beekes, s.v. ἀμβλύς, p. 132]

2. ἀμβλύς · amblys — Chantraine

ἀμβλύς, -εἴα, -ὐ : « émoussé », s'oppose à ὀξύς et se dit d'une pointe ou d’un instrument émoussés ; en géométrie, désigne l'angle obtus ; d'où, en parlant de la vue « affaibli, ‘trouble » (s'opposant également en ce sens à ὀξύς) ; signifiant «faible » à propos de sens, de sentiments, etc. -Termeionien-attique, mais non homérique. Adv. ἀμδλέως. _— 78 — — [Chantraine, s.v. ἀμβλύς, p. 87]

3. ἀμβλύς · amblys — Frisk

ἀμβλύς, -εἴα, -u “stumpf, schwach’ (ion. att.). Metrische Erweiterung ἀμβλυόεσσα (ὀμίχλη, Man.). Ableitung ἀμιβλύτης “Abstumpfung, Schwäche’ (Arist., Plu. u.a.). Denominative Verba: 1. ἀμβλύνω ‘abstumpfen, schwächen’ (ion. att.); davon ἄμβλυνσις (Arist.-Komm.), ἀμβλυντήρ (Poeta de herb.), ἀμβλυντικός “Schwäche verursachend’ (Dsk.u.a.). 2. ἀμβλυώσσω (-örrw) “schwachsichtig sein’ (Pl., Hp., Plu., Luk.), eig. von … — [Frisk, s.v. ἀμβλύς, p. 119]

4. ἀμβλύς · amblys — Frisk

ἀμβλύς steht wahrscheinlich für *aui-ös, vgl. ἀμαλός, μύλη, μαλακός. WP. 2, 285; 292. — [Frisk, s.v. ἀμβλύς, p. 120]

5. ἀμβλύς · amblys — Frisk

ἀμβλύς kann eine Kreuzung von ἁμαλός und Ἐμλδύς (= aind. mrdü-) sein; vgl. ἀμαλδύνω. Hamp Ziva Ant. 20 (1970) 5 A.4. — [Frisk, s.v. ἀμβλύς, p. 2155]

6. ἀμβλ-ύς · ambl-ys — LSJ

blunt, dulled, with edge, point taken off, obtuse, adjacent to such angle

blunt, dulled, with edge or point taken off, properly of a sharp instrument, opp. ὀξύς, Pl. Ly. 215e, Tht. 165d; ἀ. γωνία obtuse angle, Id. Ti. 55a; ἀμβλεῖα, ἡ, sc. γωνία, Arist. Mech. 855a10, etc.; ἀ. πλευρά side adjacent to such angle, Hero *Geom. 12.35, etc.

2 dim, faint

of light, dim, faint, ὄρθρος Ion ap.Phot.p.89R.

3 dim, faint, less keen, less vigorous

metaph., dim, faint, of sight, ἀμβλὺ ὁρᾶν, -ύτερον βλέπειν, Pl. Tht. 174e, Arist. PA 656b36, al.; of hearing, τῆς ἀκοῆς οὔσης -υτέρας αἰσθήσεως ἢ τῆς ὄψεως Pr. 886b32; of the feelings or mind, ἀμβλυτέρᾳ τῇ ὀργῇ less keen, Th. 3.38; ἀμβλύτερον ποιεῖν τι less vigorous, Id. 2.65. Adv. ἀμβλέως Archig. ap. Orib. 8.2: Comp., v. supr.

b dull, monotonous

dull, monotonous, τὠμβλὺ τῆς ζόης Herod. 3.52.

c having lost the edge, dull, spiritless, having lost keenness of feeling, duller, dull, sluggish

of persons, in A. Eu. 238, of Orestes purified, having lost the edge of guilt: mostly, dull, spiritless, having lost keenness of feeling, E. Fr. 821; ἀμβλύτερος τὴν φύσιν duller, X. Mem. 3.9.3; ἀ. εἴς, περί, or πρός τι dull or sluggish in a thing, Plu. Cat.Ma. 24, Alc. 30, D.S. 11.43 (Comp.): abs., Th. 2.40. Adv., Comp. -υτέρως J. AJ 19.2.5.

II making dull, darkening

Act., making dull, darkening, of a cloud, AP 7.367 (Antip.).

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