ἐκτυφλ-όω,
make quite blind, τινά [[ Batrachomyomachia 238, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.2, 9.93, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 10.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 301, etc.; ἐκτυφλοῦν τιν᾽ ἀστραπή 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 195.4: _absolutely_, κονιορτὸς ἐκτυφλῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 569.2:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, λαμπτῆρες ἐκτυφλωθέντες σκότῳ (explanation by σβεσθέντες in [[ Scholia) 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 536: _metaphorically_, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 4.36 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of buds destroyed by hail, [[ [prev. author] “Her.” 2.11. ] Refs]