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(v. a.P. a.adv.) : ob-tundo, tŭdi, tūsum (and tunsum), 3, v. a.
* To strike or beat against, at, or on a thing; to beat, thump, belabor (very rare; perh. only ante- and post-class.): pectora pugnis, Firm. Math. 5, 5: obtundit os mihi,breaks my jaw,Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 50; cf.: obtunso ore,id. ib. 5, 1, 8; cf.: nam sum obtusus pugnis pessume,id. Am. 2, 1, 59.
* To blunt, dull, by striking.
* Lit. (very rare): telum,Lucr. 6, 399: gladios,Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 166.
* Transf.
* To blunt, weaken, make dull, deprive of strength: aciem oculorum,Plin. 22, 25, 70, § 142: auditum,id. 24, 11, 50, § 87: obtusus stomachus,id. Ep. 7, 3, 5: vocem,to blunt, weaken,Lucr. 4, 613: ingenia,Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 282: et obtusis ceciderunt viribus artis,Lucr. 3, 452; Liv. 7, 2: mentem,Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 80: ingenia,id. de Or. 3, 24, 93: nihil est quod tam obtundat elevetque aegritudinem, quam. etc.,id. Tusc. 3, 16, 34.
* Lit.: falx obtusa et hebes,Col. 4, 24, 21: pugio,Tac. A. 15, 54: vomer,Verg. G. 1, 262: angulus,Lucr. 4, 355: cornua lunae obtusa,Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 347.
* Transf., blunted, blunt, dull, weak, faint, powerless: animi acies obtusior,Cic. Sen. 23, 83: stellis acies obtunsa,Verg. G. 1, 395: obtusi et hebetes ad aliquam rem, Cic. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 14: aures obtunsae,blunted, dull of hearing,Auct. Her. 3, 9, 17: vox, thick, not clear (opp. clara), Quint. 11, 3, 15: fauces tumentes strangulant vocem, optusae obscurant,id. 11, 3, 20: stomachus,weakened, spoiled,Plin. Ep. 7, 3, 5: obtunsa pectora,insensible, without feeling,Verg. A. 1, 567: ingenium,Gell. 13, 24, 21: vires,enfeebled,Lucr. 3, 452: nimio ne luxu obtunsior usus Sit genitali arvo,too blunted, too enfeebled,Verg. G. 3, 135: vigor animi,Liv. 5, 18: cor,Lact. 2, 5, 4: sensus eorum,Vulg. 2 Cor. 3, 14: venenum,powerless,Calp. Ecl. 5, 94.—Comp.: quo quid dici potest obtusius?Cic. N. D. 1, 25, 70.—Sup. does not occur.—Hence, adv.: obtūsē, dully, not keenly (postclass.): crocodili in aquā obtusius vident, in terrā acutissime,Sol. 32, § 28.—Fig.: hoc facere obtuse,Aug. Doct. Christ. 4, 5, § 7.
* To strike or beat against, at, or on a thing; to beat, thump, belabor (very rare; perh. only ante- and post-class.): pectora pugnis, Firm. Math. 5, 5: obtundit os mihi,breaks my jaw,Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 50; cf.: obtunso ore,id. ib. 5, 1, 8; cf.: nam sum obtusus pugnis pessume,id. Am. 2, 1, 59.
* To blunt, dull, by striking.
* Lit. (very rare): telum,Lucr. 6, 399: gladios,Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 166.
* Transf.
* To blunt, weaken, make dull, deprive of strength: aciem oculorum,Plin. 22, 25, 70, § 142: auditum,id. 24, 11, 50, § 87: obtusus stomachus,id. Ep. 7, 3, 5: vocem,to blunt, weaken,Lucr. 4, 613: ingenia,Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 282: et obtusis ceciderunt viribus artis,Lucr. 3, 452; Liv. 7, 2: mentem,Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 80: ingenia,id. de Or. 3, 24, 93: nihil est quod tam obtundat elevetque aegritudinem, quam. etc.,id. Tusc. 3, 16, 34.
* Lit.: falx obtusa et hebes,Col. 4, 24, 21: pugio,Tac. A. 15, 54: vomer,Verg. G. 1, 262: angulus,Lucr. 4, 355: cornua lunae obtusa,Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 347.
* Transf., blunted, blunt, dull, weak, faint, powerless: animi acies obtusior,Cic. Sen. 23, 83: stellis acies obtunsa,Verg. G. 1, 395: obtusi et hebetes ad aliquam rem, Cic. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 14: aures obtunsae,blunted, dull of hearing,Auct. Her. 3, 9, 17: vox, thick, not clear (opp. clara), Quint. 11, 3, 15: fauces tumentes strangulant vocem, optusae obscurant,id. 11, 3, 20: stomachus,weakened, spoiled,Plin. Ep. 7, 3, 5: obtunsa pectora,insensible, without feeling,Verg. A. 1, 567: ingenium,Gell. 13, 24, 21: vires,enfeebled,Lucr. 3, 452: nimio ne luxu obtunsior usus Sit genitali arvo,too blunted, too enfeebled,Verg. G. 3, 135: vigor animi,Liv. 5, 18: cor,Lact. 2, 5, 4: sensus eorum,Vulg. 2 Cor. 3, 14: venenum,powerless,Calp. Ecl. 5, 94.—Comp.: quo quid dici potest obtusius?Cic. N. D. 1, 25, 70.—Sup. does not occur.—Hence, adv.: obtūsē, dully, not keenly (postclass.): crocodili in aquā obtusius vident, in terrā acutissime,Sol. 32, § 28.—Fig.: hoc facere obtuse,Aug. Doct. Christ. 4, 5, § 7.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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