obtūsē

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    Obtuse, penult. prod. obtusius, obtusissime. Cic. Grossement, Lourdement et sans esprit.

obtūsē (obtūnsē), Adv. m. Compar. (obtusus), stumpf, schwach (Ggstz. acute), a) physisch: in aqua (crocodili) obtunsius vident, in terra acutissime, Solin. 32, 28. – b) geistig, cum hoc alii faciant obtuse, alii acute, Augustin. de doctr. Chr. 4, 5, 7: obtuse et sine ulla ratione vixerunt, Schol. Pers. 5, 61.

obtus (de manière obtusee)

ob-tundo, tŭdi, tūsum (and tunsum), 3, v. a.

To strike or beat against, at, or on a thing; to beat, thump, belabor (very rare;

perh. only ante- and post-class.): pectora pugnis, Firm. Math. 5, 5: obtundit os mihi,

breaks my jaw, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 50; cf.:

obtunso ore,

id. ib. 5, 1, 8; cf.:

nam sum obtusus pugnis pessume,

id. Am. 2, 1, 59.—

To blunt, dull, by striking.

Lit. (very rare):

telum,

Lucr. 6, 399:

gladios,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 166.—

Transf.

To blunt, weaken, make dull, deprive of strength:

aciem oculorum,

Plin. 22, 25, 70, § 142:

auditum,

id. 24, 11, 50, § 87:

obtusus stomachus,

id. Ep. 7, 3, 5:

vocem,

to blunt, weaken, Lucr. 4, 613:

ingenia,

Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 282:

et obtusis ceciderunt viribus artis,

Lucr. 3, 452; Liv. 7, 2:

mentem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 80:

ingenia,

id. de Or. 3, 24, 93:

nihil est quod tam obtundat elevetque aegritudinem, quam. etc.,

id. Tusc. 3, 16, 34.—

Aures or aliquem, or simply obtundere, to stun or din the ears; to deafen one by saying a thing too often or too long; hence, to annoy or tease with importunity; aures graviter obtundo tuas, ne quem ames, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 120: ne brevitas [p. 1248] defraudasse aures videatur, neve longitudo obtudisse, Cic. Or. 66, 221:

aliquem longis epistulis,

to annoy, molest, id. Att. 8, 1:

aliquem,

id. Fam. 5, 14, 3:

rogitando,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 6.—With object-clause: obtuderunt ejus aures, te socium praetoris fuisse, they dinned into him that, etc., Timarch. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 67, § 157.— With subj.:

non cessat obtundere, totam prorsus a principio fabulam promeret,

App. M. 9, p. 228, 8:

aliquem de aliquā re,

to importune, annoy, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 33:

obtundis, tametsi intellego, etc.,

id. And. 2, 2, 11.—Hence, obtūsus ( obtunsus or optūsus), a, um, P. a., blunt, dull, obtuse (class.).

Lit.:

falx obtusa et hebes,

Col. 4, 24, 21:

pugio,

Tac. A. 15, 54:

vomer,

Verg. G. 1, 262:

angulus,

Lucr. 4, 355:

cornua lunae obtusa,

Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 347.—

Transf., blunted, blunt, dull, weak, faint, powerless:

animi acies obtusior,

Cic. Sen. 23, 83:

stellis acies obtunsa,

Verg. G. 1, 395: obtusi et hebetes ad aliquam rem, Cic. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 14:

aures obtunsae,

blunted, dull of hearing, Auct. Her. 3, 9, 17: vox, thick, not clear (opp. clara), Quint. 11, 3, 15:

fauces tumentes strangulant vocem, optusae obscurant,

id. 11, 3, 20:

stomachus,

weakened, spoiled, Plin. Ep. 7, 3, 5:

obtunsa pectora,

insensible, without feeling, Verg. A. 1, 567:

ingenium,

Gell. 13, 24, 21:

vires,

enfeebled, Lucr. 3, 452:

nimio ne luxu obtunsior usus Sit genitali arvo,

too blunted, too enfeebled, Verg. G. 3, 135:

vigor animi,

Liv. 5, 18:

cor,

Lact. 2, 5, 4:

sensus eorum,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 3, 14:

venenum,

powerless, Calp. Ecl. 5, 94.— Comp.:

quo quid dici potest obtusius?

Cic. N. D. 1, 25, 70.— Sup. does not occur.—Hence, adv.: obtūsē, dully, not keenly (postclass.):

crocodili in aquā obtusius vident, in terrā acutissime,

Sol. 32, § 28.—Fig.:

hoc facere obtuse,

Aug. Doct. Christ. 4, 5, § 7.

ob-tundo, tŭdi, tūsum (and tunsum), 3, v. a.

To strike or beat against, at, or on a thing; to beat, thump, belabor (very rare;

perh. only ante- and post-class.): pectora pugnis, Firm. Math. 5, 5: obtundit os mihi,

breaks my jaw, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 50; cf.:

obtunso ore,

id. ib. 5, 1, 8; cf.:

nam sum obtusus pugnis pessume,

id. Am. 2, 1, 59.—

To blunt, dull, by striking.

Lit. (very rare):

telum,

Lucr. 6, 399:

gladios,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 166.—

Transf.

To blunt, weaken, make dull, deprive of strength:

aciem oculorum,

Plin. 22, 25, 70, § 142:

auditum,

id. 24, 11, 50, § 87:

obtusus stomachus,

id. Ep. 7, 3, 5:

vocem,

to blunt, weaken, Lucr. 4, 613:

ingenia,

Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 282:

et obtusis ceciderunt viribus artis,

Lucr. 3, 452; Liv. 7, 2:

mentem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 80:

ingenia,

id. de Or. 3, 24, 93:

nihil est quod tam obtundat elevetque aegritudinem, quam. etc.,

id. Tusc. 3, 16, 34.—

Aures or aliquem, or simply obtundere, to stun or din the ears; to deafen one by saying a thing too often or too long; hence, to annoy or tease with importunity; aures graviter obtundo tuas, ne quem ames, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 120: ne brevitas [p. 1248] defraudasse aures videatur, neve longitudo obtudisse, Cic. Or. 66, 221:

aliquem longis epistulis,

to annoy, molest, id. Att. 8, 1:

aliquem,

id. Fam. 5, 14, 3:

rogitando,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 6.—With object-clause: obtuderunt ejus aures, te socium praetoris fuisse, they dinned into him that, etc., Timarch. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 67, § 157.— With subj.:

non cessat obtundere, totam prorsus a principio fabulam promeret,

App. M. 9, p. 228, 8:

aliquem de aliquā re,

to importune, annoy, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 33:

obtundis, tametsi intellego, etc.,

id. And. 2, 2, 11.—Hence, obtūsus ( obtunsus or optūsus), a, um, P. a., blunt, dull, obtuse (class.).

Lit.:

falx obtusa et hebes,

Col. 4, 24, 21:

pugio,

Tac. A. 15, 54:

vomer,

Verg. G. 1, 262:

angulus,

Lucr. 4, 355:

cornua lunae obtusa,

Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 347.—

Transf., blunted, blunt, dull, weak, faint, powerless:

animi acies obtusior,

Cic. Sen. 23, 83:

stellis acies obtunsa,

Verg. G. 1, 395: obtusi et hebetes ad aliquam rem, Cic. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 14:

aures obtunsae,

blunted, dull of hearing, Auct. Her. 3, 9, 17: vox, thick, not clear (opp. clara), Quint. 11, 3, 15:

fauces tumentes strangulant vocem, optusae obscurant,

id. 11, 3, 20:

stomachus,

weakened, spoiled, Plin. Ep. 7, 3, 5:

obtunsa pectora,

insensible, without feeling, Verg. A. 1, 567:

ingenium,

Gell. 13, 24, 21:

vires,

enfeebled, Lucr. 3, 452:

nimio ne luxu obtunsior usus Sit genitali arvo,

too blunted, too enfeebled, Verg. G. 3, 135:

vigor animi,

Liv. 5, 18:

cor,

Lact. 2, 5, 4:

sensus eorum,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 3, 14:

venenum,

powerless, Calp. Ecl. 5, 94.— Comp.:

quo quid dici potest obtusius?

Cic. N. D. 1, 25, 70.— Sup. does not occur.—Hence, adv.: obtūsē, dully, not keenly (postclass.):

crocodili in aquā obtusius vident, in terrā acutissime,

Sol. 32, § 28.—Fig.:

hoc facere obtuse,

Aug. Doct. Christ. 4, 5, § 7.

acūtē, Adv. m. Compar. u. Superl. (acutus), scharf, I) mit den Sinnen (Ggstz. obtuse), cernere, Lucr. 4, 807: dexteris oculis acutius cernere quam sinistris, Solin. 12, 13 M.: acutissime videre, Solin. 32, 28: acutissime audire, Solin. 19, 11. – vom Tone usw., hoch (Ggstz. graviter, tief), sonare, Cic. de rep. 6, 18. – II) mit dem Verstande, scharfsinnig, sinnreich, geistreich, treffend, dicere aut scribere, Suet.: acute arguteque ad haec respondere, Cic.: acutius tractare alqd, Cic.: acutius od. acutissime cogitare, Cic.: cum alii hoc faciant obtuse, alii acute, Augustin. doctr. Chr. 4, 5. § 7.

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hĕbes, ĕtis ( acc. sing. hebem, Enn. and Caecil. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.; abl. hebeti;

but hebete,

Cels. 7, 3), adj. [hebeo], blunt, dull, in opp. to pointed or sharp (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense).

Lit.: cujus (lunae) et nascentis et insenescentis alias hebetiora alias acutiora videntur cornua, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 122, 1:

tela leviora atque hebetiora,

id. Har. Resp. 1, 2:

quo latiora (ossa) quaque parte sunt, hoc hebetiora,

Cels. 8, 1, 66:

ponite jam gladios hebetes, pugnetur acutis,

Ov. A. A. 3, 589:

machaera,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 53; cf.:

hebeti mucrone,

Lucr. 5, 1274, and hebeti ictu, which does not penetrate, Ov. M. 12, 85:

oryx hebeti ferro caeditur,

Juv. 11, 140:

secures,

id. 8, 137:

angulus,

obtuse, Front. de Form. Agr. p. 32 Goes.—As subst.: hĕbĕtĭa, ium, n., blunt tools, Quint. 2, 12, 18.—

Transf., of sight, hearing, smell, taste, dull, dim, faint:

utroque oculo natura hebete,

Plin. 9, 15, 20:

color,

Ov. F. 5, 365; cf.:

(orbem solis) adhuc hebetem vicina nocte,

Stat. Ach. 2, 289:

carbunculi hebetiores,

Plin. 37, 7, 26, § 98:

postea quam sensi populi Romani aures hebetiores, oculos autem esse acres atque acutos,

Cic. Planc. 27, 66; cf. id. Rep. 6, 18:

uva gustu hebes,

tasteless, insipid, Col. 3, 2, 24: genus croci, without smell (opp. odoratum), Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 67:

os hebes est, positaeque movent fastidia mensae,

without appetite, Ov. P. 1, 10, 7:

caro,

without feeling, dead, Cels. 7, 6, 8; 7, 13, 1:

ossa gingivarum,

id. 6, 15, 17:

qui torpet hebes locus ille,

Ov. A. A. 3, 799. —

Trop., dull, obtuse, sluggish, heavy, doltish, stupid (syn.:

bardus, stupidus, ineptus, absurdus, stultus, fatuus, stolidus, brutus, etc.): sensus omnes hebetes et tardos esse arbitrabantur,

Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 31:

puer incessu tardus, sensu hebes,

Plin. 7, 16, 17, § 76:

tanta solertia animalium hebetissimis quoque est,

id. 9, 30, 48:

Epicurus, quem hebetem et rudem dicere solent Stoici,

Cic. Div. 2, 50, 103; cf.:

omnium ceterarum rerum oratio ludus est homini non hebeti neque inexercitato neque communium litterarum et politioris humanitatis experti,

id. de Or. 2, 17, 71:

memoria,

id. ib. 2, 87, 357:

me hebetem molestiae reddiderunt,

id. Att. 9, 17, 2:

nisi qui sit plane hebes,

Quint. 7, 1, 48:

nisi forte tam hebes futurus est judex, ut, etc.,

id. 4, 2, 66: hebes ad aliquid, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1; cf.:

quis adeo hebes inveniretur, ut crederet? etc.,

Tac. A. 14, 11: exercitus hebes infirmusque, raw, undisciplined,=rudis, Sall. J. 54, 3: hebes ad sustinendum laborem [p. 844] miles, sluggish, slow, tardy, Tac. H. 2, 99; Ov. M. 13, 135:

adulescentia bruta et hebes,

Sen. Ben. 3, 37, 3:

spondeus quod est e longis duabus, hebetior videtur et tardior,

Cic. Or. 64, 216: sed hac rhetorica philosophorum, non nostra illa forensi, quam necesse est, cum populariter loquatur, esse interdum paulo hebetiorem, i. e. more superficial, common (opp. to philosophical acuteness, nicety), id. Fin. 2, 6, 17:

dolor,

id. Att. 8, 3, 4:

hoc Pansa aut non videt (hebeti enim ingenio est) aut negligit,

id. Phil. 10, 8, 17; cf.:

hebetiora hominum ingenia,

id. N. D. 2, 6, 17:

ratio,

Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119:

quaedam hebes, sordida, jejuna oratio,

Quint. 8, 3, 49:

quasdam (litteras) velut acriores parum efficimus et aliis non dissimilibus sed quasi hebetioribus permutamus,

id. 1, 11, 4.—Of a speaker: hebes lingua, magis malus quam callidus ingenio, Ps.-Sall. de Rep. 2, 9, 1.

hĕbes, ĕtis ( acc. sing. hebem, Enn. and Caecil. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.; abl. hebeti;

but hebete,

Cels. 7, 3), adj. [hebeo], blunt, dull, in opp. to pointed or sharp (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense).

Lit.: cujus (lunae) et nascentis et insenescentis alias hebetiora alias acutiora videntur cornua, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 122, 1:

tela leviora atque hebetiora,

id. Har. Resp. 1, 2:

quo latiora (ossa) quaque parte sunt, hoc hebetiora,

Cels. 8, 1, 66:

ponite jam gladios hebetes, pugnetur acutis,

Ov. A. A. 3, 589:

machaera,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 53; cf.:

hebeti mucrone,

Lucr. 5, 1274, and hebeti ictu, which does not penetrate, Ov. M. 12, 85:

oryx hebeti ferro caeditur,

Juv. 11, 140:

secures,

id. 8, 137:

angulus,

obtuse, Front. de Form. Agr. p. 32 Goes.—As subst.: hĕbĕtĭa, ium, n., blunt tools, Quint. 2, 12, 18.—

Transf., of sight, hearing, smell, taste, dull, dim, faint:

utroque oculo natura hebete,

Plin. 9, 15, 20:

color,

Ov. F. 5, 365; cf.:

(orbem solis) adhuc hebetem vicina nocte,

Stat. Ach. 2, 289:

carbunculi hebetiores,

Plin. 37, 7, 26, § 98:

postea quam sensi populi Romani aures hebetiores, oculos autem esse acres atque acutos,

Cic. Planc. 27, 66; cf. id. Rep. 6, 18:

uva gustu hebes,

tasteless, insipid, Col. 3, 2, 24: genus croci, without smell (opp. odoratum), Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 67:

os hebes est, positaeque movent fastidia mensae,

without appetite, Ov. P. 1, 10, 7:

caro,

without feeling, dead, Cels. 7, 6, 8; 7, 13, 1:

ossa gingivarum,

id. 6, 15, 17:

qui torpet hebes locus ille,

Ov. A. A. 3, 799. —

Trop., dull, obtuse, sluggish, heavy, doltish, stupid (syn.:

bardus, stupidus, ineptus, absurdus, stultus, fatuus, stolidus, brutus, etc.): sensus omnes hebetes et tardos esse arbitrabantur,

Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 31:

puer incessu tardus, sensu hebes,

Plin. 7, 16, 17, § 76:

tanta solertia animalium hebetissimis quoque est,

id. 9, 30, 48:

Epicurus, quem hebetem et rudem dicere solent Stoici,

Cic. Div. 2, 50, 103; cf.:

omnium ceterarum rerum oratio ludus est homini non hebeti neque inexercitato neque communium litterarum et politioris humanitatis experti,

id. de Or. 2, 17, 71:

memoria,

id. ib. 2, 87, 357:

me hebetem molestiae reddiderunt,

id. Att. 9, 17, 2:

nisi qui sit plane hebes,

Quint. 7, 1, 48:

nisi forte tam hebes futurus est judex, ut, etc.,

id. 4, 2, 66: hebes ad aliquid, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1; cf.:

quis adeo hebes inveniretur, ut crederet? etc.,

Tac. A. 14, 11: exercitus hebes infirmusque, raw, undisciplined,=rudis, Sall. J. 54, 3: hebes ad sustinendum laborem [p. 844] miles, sluggish, slow, tardy, Tac. H. 2, 99; Ov. M. 13, 135:

adulescentia bruta et hebes,

Sen. Ben. 3, 37, 3:

spondeus quod est e longis duabus, hebetior videtur et tardior,

Cic. Or. 64, 216: sed hac rhetorica philosophorum, non nostra illa forensi, quam necesse est, cum populariter loquatur, esse interdum paulo hebetiorem, i. e. more superficial, common (opp. to philosophical acuteness, nicety), id. Fin. 2, 6, 17:

dolor,

id. Att. 8, 3, 4:

hoc Pansa aut non videt (hebeti enim ingenio est) aut negligit,

id. Phil. 10, 8, 17; cf.:

hebetiora hominum ingenia,

id. N. D. 2, 6, 17:

ratio,

Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119:

quaedam hebes, sordida, jejuna oratio,

Quint. 8, 3, 49:

quasdam (litteras) velut acriores parum efficimus et aliis non dissimilibus sed quasi hebetioribus permutamus,

id. 1, 11, 4.—Of a speaker: hebes lingua, magis malus quam callidus ingenio, Ps.-Sall. de Rep. 2, 9, 1.

fleur (à obtusiflorus obtuse), obtus (à fleur obtusifloruse)

feuille (à obtusifolius obtuse), obtus (à feuille obtusifoliuse)

obtūnsē, s. obtuse.

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