ἀπαμβλύνω [ῡ],fut. -ῠνῶ(v. infr.),
A. bluntordull the edge of,
τὰ ξίφη
D.C. 40.24
( Pass. ).
2. mostly metaph., ἐλπίδα
Pi. P. 1.82
(tm.); of a person, τεθηγμένον τοί μ' οὐκ ἀπαμβλυνεῖς λόγῳ
A. Th. 715
; τὰ λευκὰ τῶν τριχῶν ἀπαμβλύνει τὸν νοῦν
Herod. 1.67
; φάος ὄσσων
Opp. H. 4.525
;tone down, take the edge offa phrase, Plot. 3.6.12 :—more freq. in Pass. ,to be blunted, lose its edgeorforce,
ὥρη μὲν ἀπήμβλυνται, θυμὸς δὲ μενοινᾷ
Hom. Epigr. 12