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ἀμβλ-ύτης

amblutes · ἡ

bluntness, dullness, sluggishness

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What it meant

ἀμβλ-ύτης · ambl-ytēs — LSJ

bluntness, dullness, sluggishness, fail to germinate

bluntness of teeth, Arist. GA 789a11; dullness, τῆς διανοίας, τῆς ὄψεως, Plu. Aud. 2.42c, Col. 1110d; sluggishness, Aret. CA 1.5 (pl.), cf. Plu. Galb. 18; σπερμάτων, of seeds which fail to germinate, Max.Tyr. 16.4.

2 obtuseness

obtuseness, σχήματος Them. in Ph. 173.7.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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