ἀμβλ-ύς,εῖα,ύ,
A. blunt, dulled, with edgeorpoint taken off,properly of a sharp instrument, opp.ὀξύς,
Pl. Ly. 215e ,Tht.<*> 65d ;ἀ. γωνία obtuseangle, Id. Ti. 55a ;ἀμβλεῖα,ἡ,sc.γωνία,
Arist. Mech. 855a10 , etc.;ἀ. πλευράsideadjacent to such angle,
Hero
*Geom.
12.35 , etc.
2. of light,dim, faint, ὄρθροςIon ap.Phot. p.89R.
3. metaph.,dim, faint,of sight,ἀμβλὺ ὁρᾶν, -ύτερον βλέπειν,
Pl. Tht. 174e , Arist. PA 656b36 , al.; of hearing, τῆς ἀκοῆς οὔσης -υτέρας αἰσθήσεως ἢ τῆς ὄψεως
Pr. 886b32
; of the feelings or mind, ἀμβλυτέρᾳ τῇ ὀργῇ less keen,
Th. 3.38
; ἀμβλύτερον ποιεῖν τι less vigorous,
Id. 2.65