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*)amblu/nw
Adler number: alpha,1528
Translated headword: I blunt
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] I loosen/release.
"He drew out the war greatly, blunting the sharpness of war with time and long delays of the deed."[1]
Also [sc. attested is the infinitive] a)mblu/nesqai ["to be blunted"]: "[so that he was] neither made reckless by youth, nor blunted by old age."[2]
Greek Original:*)amblu/nw. ai)tiatikh=|. to\ e)klu/w. o( de\ e)pi\ polu\ dih=ge to\n po/lemon, a)mblu/nwn th\n tou= pole/mou o)cu/thta xroni/ais te kai\ makrai=s tou= e)/rgou tribai=s. kai\ *)amblu/nesqai: mh/q' u(po\ neo/thtos qrasu/nesqai, mh/q' u(po\ gh/rws a)mblu/nesqai.
Notes:
[1] From John of
Antioch (on the sharpness of Hannibal): see under
delta 1000 for a superior text and an explicit attribution to John.
[2]
Cassius Dio 68.6.3, writing on the Emperor Trajan; again at
eta 176 and
mu 899.
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 23 March 2001@17:25:56.
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