rĕ-tundo — Lewis & Short
rĕ-tundo, tŭdi (also rettŭdi,
Phaedr. 4, 22, 21 Orell.I N. cr.), tūsum (retunsus, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 27; 4, 4, 8), 3, v. a., to beat or pound back any thing sharp, i. e. to blunt, dull (class.).
I Lit.:
ferrum,Cic. Sull. 30, 83:
in Massagetas ferrum,Hor. C. 1, 35, 39:
gladios in rem publicam destrictos,Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2:
ascias (tilia),Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 207:
hamata tela,Ov. Am. 2, 9, 13; cf.:
conjurationis nefaria tela,Cic. Dom. 24, 63. —
II Trop., to blunt, dull, deaden, weaken, restrain, check, etc.:
(censorii stili) mucronem,Cic. Clu. 44, 123:
mucronem ingenii cotidianā pugnā,Quint. 10, 5, 16 (with deteratur fulgor): belle iste puer retundit Antonium, Atticus ap. Cic. Att. 16, 15, 3:
collegam,Tac. A. 5, 11:
animum, qui luxuriā et lasciviā Diffluit,check, repress, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 73; so,
impetum erumpentium,Liv. 2, 33: sermones, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1; cf.:
Aetolorum linguas,Liv. 33, 31: improbitatem, Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 3; Quint. 6, 4, 11 (with propulsare eos):
superbiam,Phaedr. 4, 22, 21:
iram,Prud. Cath. 6, 94; cf.:
Boreas retundit pelagus (ira motum),Luc. 5, 601 Cort. N. cr.— Hence, rĕ-tūsus (retunsus, v. supra), a, um, P. a., blunted, blunt, dull.
A Lit.:
securis,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 27:
ferrum,Verg. G. 2, 301:
tela,Ov. M. 12, 496:
retusum et crassum ferramentum,Col. 4, 24, 21:
aurum hebeti mucrone,Lucr. 5, 1274.—
B Trop.:
mihi cor retunsum'st oppugnando pectore,deprived of feeling, Plaut. Ps. 4, 4, 8:
cor,Claud. Eutr. 2, 47:
ingenia (opp. acuta),Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79 fin.:
stella crine retuso,weakened, dimmed, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 185; cf. comp.:
acumen retusius,Hier. Ep. 69, 4:
fervor belli,subdued, Sil. 8, 321:
res,impaired, unfortunate, id. 16, 21.