ἀμβλ-ύνω [ῡ],
future -ῠνῶ (ἀπ-) [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 715] Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist ἤμβλῡνα[[ “Anthologia Graeca” 6.67 (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator):] Refs 4th c.AD+] —passive, future -υνθήσομαι (ἀπ-) [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 866, but -υνοῦμαι (in _passive_ sense) 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 1.9] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἠμβλύνθην[[ LXX.Gen.27.1, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.65 (Paul. Sil.), etc.: ] LXX]perfect ἤμβλυμμαι, 3rd.pers.singular ἤμβλυται[[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 7.183, _plural_ -υνται ] Refs 2nd c.AD+] (ἀπ-) [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus “Epigrammata” 12] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀπήμβλυνται is 3rd.pers.singular in [[ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus “fragment” 10.4] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:— blunt, dull, take the edge off, properly of a sharp instrument, and metaphorically, make dim, dull, μερίμνας[[ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 2, compare 110.7; τὸ ψυχρὸν.. τοὺς χυμοὺς ἀ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Sensu” 443b15; ὄμματος αὐγὴν ἀμβλύνας “Anthologia Graeca” 6.67 (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator); τὸ ἄλγος 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.10] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄκρατον take away strength of wine, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.656a; οὐ γὰρ ἀοιδὰς ἀμβλύνειν αἰὼν.. δύναται “Anthologia Graeca” 7.225; θυμὸν ἀ. 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.76K. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II passive, become blunt or dull, lose edge, of the teeth, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 661b22, compare “GA” 789a9 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of eyesight, ἠμβλύνθησαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ τοῦ ὁρᾶν[[ LXX.Gen.27.1. ] LXX]