ἀμβλύνω

amblyno

blunt, dull, take the edge off

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Generation of Animals 2
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Book IV 1
Chapter 3 767a36–769b29

768b17
Book V 1
Chapter 8 788b3–789b20

789a9
Parts of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 1 661a34–662b22

661b22
Sense and Sensibilia 1
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Chapter 5 442b27–445b2

443b15

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀμβλύνω [ῡ], fut. -ῠνῶ (ἀπ-) A. Th. 715: aor. ἤμβλῡνα AP 6.67 (Jul.):—Pass., fut. -υνθήσομαι (ἀπ-) A. Pr. 866, but -υνοῦμαι (in pass. sense) Hp. Aph. 1.9: aor. ἠμβλύνθην LXX Ge. 27.1, AP 6.65 (Paul. Sil.), etc.: pf. ἤμβλυμμαι, 3sg. ἤμβλυται S.E. M. 7.183, pl. -υνται (ἀπ-) Hom. Epigr. 12; ἀπήμβλυνται is 3sg. in Herod. Fr. 10.4:— A. blunt, dull, take the edge off, properly of a sharp instrument, and metaph., make dim, dull, μερίμνας Emp. 2, cf. 110.7; τὸ ψυχρὸν . . τοὺς χυμοὺς ἀ. Arist. Sens. 443b15; ὄμματος αὐγὴν ἀμβλύνας AP 6.67 (Jul.); τὸ ἄλγος Aret. CA 1.10; ἄκρατον take away strength of wine, Plu. 2.656a; οὐ γὰρ ἀοιδὰς ἀμβλύνειν αἰὼν . . δύναται AP 7.225; θυμὸν ἀ. Phld. Mus.p.76K. II. Pass., become blunt or dull, lose edge, of the teeth, Arist. PA 661b22, cf. GA 789a9; of eyesight, ἠμβλύνθησαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ τοῦ ὁρᾶν LXX Ge. 27.1. 2. become obtuse, γωνία Papp. 118.6. 3. metaph., ὀργὴ γέροντος ὥστε μαλθακὴ κοπὶς . . ἀμβλύνεται S. Fr. 894, cf. Pl. R. 490b; of an oracle, lose its edge or force, A. Th. 844; ἡ νοῦσος ἀμβλυνεῖται Hp. Aph. 1.9; of the mind, to be disheartened, Th. 2.87: c. gen., ἀμβλύνεσθαι ἐρωῆς Opp. H. 2.338.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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