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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
                    "reference": "Bailly 2020 Hugo Chávez Gérard Gréco, André Charbonnet, Mark De Wilde, Bernard Maréchal & contributeurs \/ Licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale - Pas de Modification — « CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 »",
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                    "description": "<b>ἀπ·αμϐλύνω<\/b> <font color='darkgreen'>(<i>ao<\/i>. ἀπήμϐλυνα ; <i>pass. f<\/i>. ἀπαμϐλυνθήσομαι, <i>ao<\/i>. ἀπημϐλύνθην)<\/font> émousser (le tranchant d’une arme, <i>etc<\/i>.) DC. <i>40, 24 ; fig<\/i>. ἐλπίδα, PD. <i>P. 1, 82,<\/i> affaiblir une espérance ; τινὰ λόγῳ, ESCHL. <i>Sept. 715,<\/i> émousser par des paroles la vigueur de qqn ; <i>au pass<\/i>. être émoussé, perdre sa force, HOM. <i>Ep. 12 ;<\/i> ESCHL. <i>Pr. 866 ;<\/i> HDT. <i>3, 134 ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Rsp. 442<\/i> d, <i>etc<\/i>.<p style='color:darkgreen'>➳ <i>Pf. pass. 3 sg<\/i>. ἀπήμϐλυνται, SOPH. (ATH. <i>592<\/i> a).<\/p>"
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                    "description": "<i>fut.<\/i> -υνῶ (v. infr.), <b>blunt<\/b> or <b>dull the edge of<\/b>, τὰ ξίφη D.C. 40.24 (Pass.). mostly <i>metaph<\/i>, ἐλπίδα Pi. <i>P.<\/i> 1.82 (tm.); of a person, τεθηγμένον τοί μ’ οὐκ ἀπαμβλυνεῖς λόγῳ A. <i>Th.<\/i> 715; τὰ λευκὰ τῶν τριχῶν ἀπαμβλύνει τὸν νοῦν Herod. 1.67; φάος ὄσσων Oppian. <i>H.<\/i> 4.525; <b>tone down, take the edge off<\/b> a phrase, Plot. 3.6.12; — more freq. in Pass., <b>to be blunted, lose its edge<\/b> or <b>force<\/b>, ὥρη μὲν ἀπήμβλυνται, θυμὸς δὲ μενοινᾷ Hom. <i>Epigr.<\/i> 12, cf. S. <i>Eleg.<\/i> 6; γηράσκοντι συγγηράσκουσι αἱ φρένες καὶ ἐς τὰ πρήγματα πάντα ἀπαμβλύνονται Hdt. 3.134; ἀπαμβλυνθήσεται γνώμην A. <i>Pr.<\/i> 866; ἡμῖν ἀπαμβλύνεται ἡ δικαιοσύνη <b>is indistinctly seen<\/b>, Pl. <i>R.<\/i> 442d. = ἀπαμβλίσκω, J. <i>BJ<\/i> 4.8.3 (<font color='darkorange'>s.v.l.<\/font>)."
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                    "description": "<i>abstumpfen<\/i>, τεθηγμένον τοί μ' οὐκ ἀπαμβλυνεῖς λόγῳ Aesch. <i>Spt<\/i>. 697, du wirst mich in meinem Entschlusse nicht wankend machen ; schwächen, ἀπὸ γὰρ κόρος ἀμβλύνει ἐλπίδας Pind. <i>P<\/i>. 1.82. Häufiger im pass., <i>schwächer, milder werden<\/i>, ἀπαμβλυνθήσεται Aesch. <i>Prom<\/i>. 686 ; γηράσκοντι αἱ φρένες ἀπαμβλύνονται ἐς πάντα πρήγματα Her. 3.134 ; Plat. <i>Rep<\/i>. IV.442 ; Plut."
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