1. ἀμβλύς · amblys — Beekes
blunt; dim, faint (of sighty (IA). «ὃ» *DER ἀμβλύτης ‘bluntness, weakness
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ἀμβλ-ύς
amblus
blunt; dim, faint (of sighty (IA). «ὃ» *DER ἀμβλύτης ‘bluntness, weakness
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Distribution
- Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
- Lysis 1 · 1.44/10k
- De Sensu et Sensibilibus 1 · 1.28/10k
- Theaetetus 2 · 0.89/10k
- Euthydemus 1 · 0.8/10k
- Parmenides 1 · 0.66/10k
- Sophist 1 · 0.62/10k
- Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k
- Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
- Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
- History 4 · 0.27/10k
- Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. ἀμβλύς · amblys — Chantraine
oppose à ὀξύς et se dit d
3. ἀμβλύς · amblys — Frisk
εἴα, -u “stumpf, schwach’ (ion
4. ἀμβλύς · amblys — Frisk
steht wahrscheinlich für *aui-ös, vgl
5. ἀμβλύς · amblys — Frisk
kann eine Kreuzung von ἁμαλός und Ἐμλδύς (= aind
6. ἀμβλ-ύς · ambl-ys — LSJ
blunt, dulled, with edge
Attestations
- ἀμβλύτερον · amblyteron Plato, Republic 10.596 (DIORISIS sentence 5843)
- ἀμβλυτάτης · amblytatēs Plato, Timaeus 55 (DIORISIS sentence 458)
- ἀμβλὺ · ambly Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 112)
- ἀμβλύτεροι · amblyteroi Plotinus, Enneads 1.8 (DIORISIS sentence 560)
- ἀμβλὺς · amblys Aeschylus, Eumenides 235–239
- ἀμβλύτερος · amblyteros Thucydides, History 2.40.4 (DIORISIS sentence 1224)
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