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  • 1 stolidus

    dull, obtuse, dull-witted, dumb.

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  • 2 obtundo

    ob-tundo, tŭdi, tūsum (and tunsum), 3, v. a.
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    To blunt, dull, by striking.
    A.
    Lit. (very rare):

    telum,

    Lucr. 6, 399:

    gladios,

    Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 166.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.).
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.

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  • 3 optusus

    ob-tundo, tŭdi, tūsum (and tunsum), 3, v. a.
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    To blunt, dull, by striking.
    A.
    Lit. (very rare):

    telum,

    Lucr. 6, 399:

    gladios,

    Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 166.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.).
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.

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  • 4 frīgidus

        frīgidus adj. with comp. and sup.    [FRIG-], cold, cool, chill, chilling: nec ullum hoc frigidius flumen attigi: ut nec Frigidior Thracam ambiat Hebrus, H.: loca frigidissima, Cs.: Praeneste, H.: sub Iove frigido, H.: vesper, V.: anguis in herbā, V.: quartana, ague, H.: annus, winter, V.: Illa Stygiā nabat iam frigida cymbā, cold in death, V.: membra nati, O.: mors, V.: circum praecordia sanguis, i. e. dread, V.: cui frigida mens est Criminibus, whose conscience shudders, Iu.: rumor, chilling, H.: horror, V.— Plur n. as subst: calida et frigida, cold and heat: Frigida pugnabant calidis, O.—Fig., cold, indifferent, remiss, feeble: in dicendo: accusatoribus frigidissimis uti: Frigidus Aetnam Insiluit, in cold blood, H.: bello Dextera, feeble, V.: (apes) frigida tecta relinquunt, dull, V. — Without force, flat, insipid, dull, trivial, frigid, vain: calumnia: verba frigidiora.
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    frigida -um, frigidior -or -us, frigidissimus -a -um ADJ
    cold, cool, chilly, frigid; lifeless, indifferent, dull

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  • 5 hebes

        hebes etis, adj.    with comp, blunt, dull: tela hebetiora: ictus, O.: ferrum, Iu.—Dull, dim, faint: aures hebetiores: color, O.—Fig., dull, obtuse, sluggish, heavy, doltish, stupid<*> sensūs: homo: memoria: dolor: exercitus, S.: ad sustinendum laborem miles, Ta.: spondeus hebetior: ingenio hebeti esse: hebetiora ingenia.
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    (gen.), hebetis ADJ
    blunt, dun; languid; stupid

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  • 6 piger

        piger gra, grum, adj. with comp. pigrior, and sup. pigerrimus    [PAC-], unwilling, reluctant, averse, backward: gens pigerrima ad militaria opera, L.: pigriores ad cetera munia exequenda, Cu.— Slow, dull, lazy, indolent, sluggish, inactive: senectus, O.: (apes) frigore, V.: taurus ipsā mole, Iu.: mare, sluggish, Ta.: annus, H.: bellum, tedious, O.: campus, unfruitful, H.: sopor, benumbing, Ct.: frigus, Tb.: dolabra, lazily handled, Iu.: in re militari: militiae, H.: scribendi ferre laborem, H. — Dull, unfeeling: pigro perire situ, O.
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    pigra, pigrum ADJ
    lazy, slow, dull

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  • 7 plumbeus

        plumbeus adj.    [plumbum], of lead, leaden: glans, O.— Leaden, blunt, dull: gladius.— Leaden, heavy, oppressive, burdensome: Auster, H.—Fig., leaden, dull, stupid, stolid: asinus, plumbeus, T.: in physicis.
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    plumbea, plumbeum ADJ
    leaden; blunt, dull; heavy; stupid; lead-colored (Cal)

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  • 8 hebes

    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).
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    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. —
    II.
    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.

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  • 9 hebetia

    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).
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    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. —
    II.
    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.

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  • 10 hebeto

    hĕbĕto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to make blunt or dull, to blunt, dull, dim, deaden, weaken (perh. not ante-Aug.; not in Cic.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    hastas,

    Liv. 8, 10, 3:

    vulneribus suis ferrum hostium,

    id. 30, 35, 8:

    tela,

    Sil. 16, 105:

    aciem oculorum,

    Plin. 20, 6, 21, § 47:

    oculos,

    Lact. 6, 2:

    visus alicui,

    Verg. A. 2, 605:

    dies hebetarat sidera,

    had dimmed, Ov. M. 5, 444:

    umbra terrae lunam hebetari,

    Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 57; cf.:

    smaragdos in sole hebetari,

    id. 37, 5, 18, § 69; 28, 7, 23, § 79:

    auster aures hebetat,

    Cels. 2, 1:

    primores dentes mollientes aut hebetantes verba,

    Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 70:

    cummium genera amaritudines hebetant,

    moderate, lessen, id. 24, 11, 64, § 105; cf.:

    venena omnia (oleum),

    id. 23, 4, 40, § 80:

    odor suavior e longinquo, propius admotus hebetatur,

    id. 21, 7, 18, § 35:

    faba hebetare sensus existimata,

    id. 18, 12, 30, § 118:

    vos mihi taurorum flammas hebetastis,

    quenched the fiery breath, Ov. M. 7, 210.—
    II.
    Trop., to dull, blunt, make stupid:

    animo simul et corpore hebetato,

    Suet. Claud. 2:

    Lethe hebetans pectora,

    Ov. P. 4, 1, 17:

    hebetatum ingenium,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 9:

    rei publicae vires hebetatae sunt,

    Just. 6, 8:

    vino tristitia et cura hebetatur,

    Plin. 23, 1, 22, § 38.

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  • 11 piger

    pĭger, gra, grum (late Lat. collat. form of sup. pigrissimus, Tert. Exhort. ad Castit. 13), adj. [piget].
    I.
    Lit., unwilling, reluctant, averse (rare):

    gens pigerrima ad militaria opera,

    Liv. 21, 25, 6:

    pigriores ad facinus,

    id. 39, 13, 11:

    pigriores ad cetera munia exequenda,

    Curt. 6, 9, 29: ad litteras scribendas pigerrimus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 1:

    ad conatus magnos piger,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 3, 1.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Backward, slow, dull, lazy, indolent, sluggish, inactive (of persons and things).
    (α).
    With in and abl.:

    interdum piger, interdum timidus in re militari videbare,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 1.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    taurus ipsā mole piger,

    Juv. 12, 12:

    mare pigrum ac prope immotum,

    i. e. flowing slowly, sluggish, Tac. G. 45:

    pigrum mare et grave,

    id. Agr. 10:

    palus,

    Ov. P. 4, 10, 61:

    annus,

    that moves lazily, passes slowly, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 21:

    bellum,

    that advances slowly, Ov. F. 2, 727:

    campus,

    unfruitful, Hor. C. 1, 22, 17:

    pigriora sunt ista remedia,

    operate too slowly, Col. 2, 17, 3.—Prov.:

    vult et non vult piger,

    Vulg. Prov. 13, 4:

    dicit piger, leo est in viā,

    id. ib. 26, 13:

    pigrā munire castra dolabrā,

    lazily handled, Juv. 8, 248. —
    (γ).
    With gen. ( poet.):

    militiae piger et malus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 124:

    pericli,

    Sil. 14, 264:

    serpit Arar per rura pigerrimus undae,

    id. 15, 504.—
    (δ).
    With inf. ( poet.):

    piger scribendi ferre laborem,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 12 (cf. the opp.:

    impiger hostium Vexare turmas,

    id. C. 4, 14, 22).— Absol.:

    pigrum et iners videtur sudore adquirere quod possis sanguine parare,

    Tac. G. 14 fin. —Hence, poet. transf.,
    2.
    Sluggish, i. e. that makes sluggish, benumbing:

    sopor,

    Cat. 63, 37:

    frigora,

    Tib. 1, 2, 29:

    senecta,

    id. 1, 10, 40.—
    B.
    Dull, dispirited, dejected, sad ( poet. and in postclass. prose):

    vultus,

    Mart. 2, 11, 3:

    pigrum aliquem facere,

    id. 10, 104, 15:

    piger tristisque,

    App. M. 4, p. 157 fin. —
    C.
    Dull, unfeeling ( poet.):

    hinc fessos subrepsit in artus Insidiosa quies et pigrae oblivio vitae,

    Stat. S. 1, 4, 56 sq.; cf.:

    indigna est pigro forma perire situ,

    Ov. Am. 2, 3, 14.—Hence, adv.: pĭgrē, slowly, sluggishly (post-Aug.):

    in servitutem transiens,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 17:

    pigre ac segniter agere,

    Col. 7, 5, 3.— Comp.:

    pigrius,

    Plin. 10, 34, 52, § 105; Luc. 5, 434.

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  • 12 pingue

    pinguis, e, adj. [root pag-, pak-, of pango, q. v.; cf. Gr. pachus, stout], = piôn, fat (opp. macer; syn.: opimus, obesus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    pingues Thebani,

    Cic. Fat. 4, 7:

    pingui tentus omaso Furius,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 40:

    me pinguem et nitidum bene curatā cute vises,

    id. Ep. 1, 4, 15:

    Lateranus,

    Juv. 8, 147:

    pinguem facere gallinam,

    Col. 8, 7:

    pinguior agnus,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 5:

    pinguissimus haedulus,

    Juv. 11, 65: merum, rich, oily wine (= plenum), Hor. S. 2, 4, 65.— Subst.: pingue, is, n., fat, grease, Plin. 11, 37, 85, § 212; Verg. G. 3, 124:

    taurorum, leonum ac pantherarum pinguia,

    Plin. 28, 9, 38, § 144:

    comedite pinguia,

    Vulg. 2 Esd. 8, 10.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Pass., fat, rich, fertile; also, plump, in good condition:

    ager,

    Col. 1, 4; Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 25; cf.:

    sanguine pinguior Campus,

    Hor. C. 2, 1, 29:

    sulcus,

    i. e. drawn in a rich soil, Luc. 6, 382:

    fimus,

    Verg. G. 1, 80:

    hortus,

    id. ib. 4, 118:

    stabula, of beehives,

    rich, full of honey, id. ib. 4, 14:

    arae,

    id. A. 4, 62:

    ficus,

    plump, juicy, Hor. S. 2, 8, 88; cf.

    saliva,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 38, 2: flamma, of incense;

    tura pingues facientia flammas,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 11:

    corpora suco pinguis olivae Splendescunt,

    id. M. 10, 176:

    pingues taedae,

    full of pitch, Lucr. 3, 681:

    pingues arae,

    full of fat and blood, Verg. A. 4, 62:

    coma,

    anointed, Mart. 2, 29, 5 (different from Suet. Ner. 20; v. infra 3):

    mensa,

    rich, luxurious, Cat. 62, 3; cf.:

    incusa pingui auro dona,

    Pers. 2, 52. —Of color, dull, faint, Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 115. — Act., that makes fat; hence, meton., fertilizing:

    pingui flumine Nilus,

    Verg. A. 9, 31.—
    2.
    Bedaubed, besmeared:

    pinguia crura luto,

    Juv. 3, 247:

    virga,

    limed twigs, Mart. 9, 55, 4.—
    3.
    Thick, dense:

    caelum pingue et concretum (opp. caelum tenue et purum),

    Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

    folia pinguissima,

    Plin. 21, 9, 29, § 53:

    toga,

    Suet. Aug. 82:

    lacernae,

    Juv. 9, 28:

    pinguissima coma,

    very thick, luxuriant hair, Suet. Ner. 20.—
    4.
    Of taste, dull, insipid, not sharp, not pungent:

    sapor,

    Plin. 15, 27, 32, § 106; id. 15, 28, 33, § 109.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of the mind, dull, gross, heavy, stupid, doltish:

    Cordubae natis poëtis pingue quiddam sonantibus et peregrinum,

    Cic. Arch. 10, 26:

    pingue videbatur et sibi contrarium,

    id. Ac. 2, 34, 109:

    nec prave factis decorari versibus opto, Ne rubeam pingui donatus munere,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 267:

    pingue sed ingenium mansit,

    Ov. M. 11, 148:

    insubidius nescio quid facies et pinguius,

    Gell. 13, 21 (20), 4: pinguis Minerva, v. Minerva.—
    B.
    Siout, bold, strong:

    verba,

    Quint. 12, 10, 35:

    facundia,

    Gell. 17, 10, 8.—
    C.
    Calm, quiet, comfortable, easy ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    et pingui membra quiete levat,

    Ov. R. Am. 206; id. Am. 1, 13, 7:

    amor,

    id. ib. 2, 19, 25:

    secessus,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:

    mollem in posterum et pinguem destinare vitam,

    id. ib. 7, 26, 3:

    pinguius otium,

    id. ib. 5, 6, 45.—
    D.
    Sleek, spruce, trim, = nitidus:

    pexus pinguisque doctor,

    Quint. 1, 5, 14 Spald.— Hence, adv.: pinguĭter.
    1.
    Lit., fatly, with fatness, Col. 2, 2.—
    2.
    Transf., abundantly, liberally:

    pinguius succurrere,

    Dig. 44, 2, 14.—
    3.
    Trop., dully, stupidly:

    pinguius aliquid accipere,

    Dig. 42, 1, 49.

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  • 13 pinguis

    pinguis, e, adj. [root pag-, pak-, of pango, q. v.; cf. Gr. pachus, stout], = piôn, fat (opp. macer; syn.: opimus, obesus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    pingues Thebani,

    Cic. Fat. 4, 7:

    pingui tentus omaso Furius,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 40:

    me pinguem et nitidum bene curatā cute vises,

    id. Ep. 1, 4, 15:

    Lateranus,

    Juv. 8, 147:

    pinguem facere gallinam,

    Col. 8, 7:

    pinguior agnus,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 5:

    pinguissimus haedulus,

    Juv. 11, 65: merum, rich, oily wine (= plenum), Hor. S. 2, 4, 65.— Subst.: pingue, is, n., fat, grease, Plin. 11, 37, 85, § 212; Verg. G. 3, 124:

    taurorum, leonum ac pantherarum pinguia,

    Plin. 28, 9, 38, § 144:

    comedite pinguia,

    Vulg. 2 Esd. 8, 10.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Pass., fat, rich, fertile; also, plump, in good condition:

    ager,

    Col. 1, 4; Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 25; cf.:

    sanguine pinguior Campus,

    Hor. C. 2, 1, 29:

    sulcus,

    i. e. drawn in a rich soil, Luc. 6, 382:

    fimus,

    Verg. G. 1, 80:

    hortus,

    id. ib. 4, 118:

    stabula, of beehives,

    rich, full of honey, id. ib. 4, 14:

    arae,

    id. A. 4, 62:

    ficus,

    plump, juicy, Hor. S. 2, 8, 88; cf.

    saliva,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 38, 2: flamma, of incense;

    tura pingues facientia flammas,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 11:

    corpora suco pinguis olivae Splendescunt,

    id. M. 10, 176:

    pingues taedae,

    full of pitch, Lucr. 3, 681:

    pingues arae,

    full of fat and blood, Verg. A. 4, 62:

    coma,

    anointed, Mart. 2, 29, 5 (different from Suet. Ner. 20; v. infra 3):

    mensa,

    rich, luxurious, Cat. 62, 3; cf.:

    incusa pingui auro dona,

    Pers. 2, 52. —Of color, dull, faint, Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 115. — Act., that makes fat; hence, meton., fertilizing:

    pingui flumine Nilus,

    Verg. A. 9, 31.—
    2.
    Bedaubed, besmeared:

    pinguia crura luto,

    Juv. 3, 247:

    virga,

    limed twigs, Mart. 9, 55, 4.—
    3.
    Thick, dense:

    caelum pingue et concretum (opp. caelum tenue et purum),

    Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

    folia pinguissima,

    Plin. 21, 9, 29, § 53:

    toga,

    Suet. Aug. 82:

    lacernae,

    Juv. 9, 28:

    pinguissima coma,

    very thick, luxuriant hair, Suet. Ner. 20.—
    4.
    Of taste, dull, insipid, not sharp, not pungent:

    sapor,

    Plin. 15, 27, 32, § 106; id. 15, 28, 33, § 109.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of the mind, dull, gross, heavy, stupid, doltish:

    Cordubae natis poëtis pingue quiddam sonantibus et peregrinum,

    Cic. Arch. 10, 26:

    pingue videbatur et sibi contrarium,

    id. Ac. 2, 34, 109:

    nec prave factis decorari versibus opto, Ne rubeam pingui donatus munere,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 267:

    pingue sed ingenium mansit,

    Ov. M. 11, 148:

    insubidius nescio quid facies et pinguius,

    Gell. 13, 21 (20), 4: pinguis Minerva, v. Minerva.—
    B.
    Siout, bold, strong:

    verba,

    Quint. 12, 10, 35:

    facundia,

    Gell. 17, 10, 8.—
    C.
    Calm, quiet, comfortable, easy ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    et pingui membra quiete levat,

    Ov. R. Am. 206; id. Am. 1, 13, 7:

    amor,

    id. ib. 2, 19, 25:

    secessus,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:

    mollem in posterum et pinguem destinare vitam,

    id. ib. 7, 26, 3:

    pinguius otium,

    id. ib. 5, 6, 45.—
    D.
    Sleek, spruce, trim, = nitidus:

    pexus pinguisque doctor,

    Quint. 1, 5, 14 Spald.— Hence, adv.: pinguĭter.
    1.
    Lit., fatly, with fatness, Col. 2, 2.—
    2.
    Transf., abundantly, liberally:

    pinguius succurrere,

    Dig. 44, 2, 14.—
    3.
    Trop., dully, stupidly:

    pinguius aliquid accipere,

    Dig. 42, 1, 49.

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  • 14 pinguiter

    pinguis, e, adj. [root pag-, pak-, of pango, q. v.; cf. Gr. pachus, stout], = piôn, fat (opp. macer; syn.: opimus, obesus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    pingues Thebani,

    Cic. Fat. 4, 7:

    pingui tentus omaso Furius,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 40:

    me pinguem et nitidum bene curatā cute vises,

    id. Ep. 1, 4, 15:

    Lateranus,

    Juv. 8, 147:

    pinguem facere gallinam,

    Col. 8, 7:

    pinguior agnus,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 5:

    pinguissimus haedulus,

    Juv. 11, 65: merum, rich, oily wine (= plenum), Hor. S. 2, 4, 65.— Subst.: pingue, is, n., fat, grease, Plin. 11, 37, 85, § 212; Verg. G. 3, 124:

    taurorum, leonum ac pantherarum pinguia,

    Plin. 28, 9, 38, § 144:

    comedite pinguia,

    Vulg. 2 Esd. 8, 10.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Pass., fat, rich, fertile; also, plump, in good condition:

    ager,

    Col. 1, 4; Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 25; cf.:

    sanguine pinguior Campus,

    Hor. C. 2, 1, 29:

    sulcus,

    i. e. drawn in a rich soil, Luc. 6, 382:

    fimus,

    Verg. G. 1, 80:

    hortus,

    id. ib. 4, 118:

    stabula, of beehives,

    rich, full of honey, id. ib. 4, 14:

    arae,

    id. A. 4, 62:

    ficus,

    plump, juicy, Hor. S. 2, 8, 88; cf.

    saliva,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 38, 2: flamma, of incense;

    tura pingues facientia flammas,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 11:

    corpora suco pinguis olivae Splendescunt,

    id. M. 10, 176:

    pingues taedae,

    full of pitch, Lucr. 3, 681:

    pingues arae,

    full of fat and blood, Verg. A. 4, 62:

    coma,

    anointed, Mart. 2, 29, 5 (different from Suet. Ner. 20; v. infra 3):

    mensa,

    rich, luxurious, Cat. 62, 3; cf.:

    incusa pingui auro dona,

    Pers. 2, 52. —Of color, dull, faint, Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 115. — Act., that makes fat; hence, meton., fertilizing:

    pingui flumine Nilus,

    Verg. A. 9, 31.—
    2.
    Bedaubed, besmeared:

    pinguia crura luto,

    Juv. 3, 247:

    virga,

    limed twigs, Mart. 9, 55, 4.—
    3.
    Thick, dense:

    caelum pingue et concretum (opp. caelum tenue et purum),

    Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

    folia pinguissima,

    Plin. 21, 9, 29, § 53:

    toga,

    Suet. Aug. 82:

    lacernae,

    Juv. 9, 28:

    pinguissima coma,

    very thick, luxuriant hair, Suet. Ner. 20.—
    4.
    Of taste, dull, insipid, not sharp, not pungent:

    sapor,

    Plin. 15, 27, 32, § 106; id. 15, 28, 33, § 109.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of the mind, dull, gross, heavy, stupid, doltish:

    Cordubae natis poëtis pingue quiddam sonantibus et peregrinum,

    Cic. Arch. 10, 26:

    pingue videbatur et sibi contrarium,

    id. Ac. 2, 34, 109:

    nec prave factis decorari versibus opto, Ne rubeam pingui donatus munere,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 267:

    pingue sed ingenium mansit,

    Ov. M. 11, 148:

    insubidius nescio quid facies et pinguius,

    Gell. 13, 21 (20), 4: pinguis Minerva, v. Minerva.—
    B.
    Siout, bold, strong:

    verba,

    Quint. 12, 10, 35:

    facundia,

    Gell. 17, 10, 8.—
    C.
    Calm, quiet, comfortable, easy ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    et pingui membra quiete levat,

    Ov. R. Am. 206; id. Am. 1, 13, 7:

    amor,

    id. ib. 2, 19, 25:

    secessus,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:

    mollem in posterum et pinguem destinare vitam,

    id. ib. 7, 26, 3:

    pinguius otium,

    id. ib. 5, 6, 45.—
    D.
    Sleek, spruce, trim, = nitidus:

    pexus pinguisque doctor,

    Quint. 1, 5, 14 Spald.— Hence, adv.: pinguĭter.
    1.
    Lit., fatly, with fatness, Col. 2, 2.—
    2.
    Transf., abundantly, liberally:

    pinguius succurrere,

    Dig. 44, 2, 14.—
    3.
    Trop., dully, stupidly:

    pinguius aliquid accipere,

    Dig. 42, 1, 49.

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  • 15 retundo

    rĕ-tundo, tŭdi (also rettŭdi, Phaedr. 4, 22, 21 Orell. N. cr.), tūsum (retunsus, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 27; 4, 4, 8), 3, v. a., to beat or pound back any thing sharp, i. e. to blunt, dull (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    ferrum,

    Cic. Sull. 30, 83:

    in Massagetas ferrum,

    Hor. C. 1, 35, 39:

    gladios in rem publicam destrictos,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2:

    ascias (tilia),

    Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 207:

    hamata tela,

    Ov. Am. 2, 9, 13; cf.:

    conjurationis nefaria tela,

    Cic. Dom. 24, 63. —
    II.
    Trop., to blunt, dull, deaden, weaken, restrain, check, etc.:

    (censorii stili) mucronem,

    Cic. Clu. 44, 123:

    mucronem ingenii cotidianā pugnā,

    Quint. 10, 5, 16 (with deteratur fulgor): belle iste puer retundit Antonium, Atticus ap. Cic. Att. 16, 15, 3:

    collegam,

    Tac. A. 5, 11:

    animum, qui luxuriā et lasciviā Diffluit,

    check, repress, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 73; so,

    impetum erumpentium,

    Liv. 2, 33: sermones, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1; cf.:

    Aetolorum linguas,

    Liv. 33, 31: improbitatem, Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 3; Quint. 6, 4, 11 (with propulsare eos):

    superbiam,

    Phaedr. 4, 22, 21:

    iram,

    Prud. Cath. 6, 94; cf.:

    Boreas retundit pelagus (ira motum),

    Luc. 5, 601 Cort. N. cr. — Hence, rĕ-tūsus (retunsus, v. supra), a, um, P. a., blunted, blunt, dull.
    A.
    Lit.:

    securis,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 27:

    ferrum,

    Verg. G. 2, 301:

    tela,

    Ov. M. 12, 496:

    retusum et crassum ferramentum,

    Col. 4, 24, 21:

    aurum hebeti mucrone,

    Lucr. 5, 1274.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    mihi cor retunsum'st oppugnando pectore,

    deprived of feeling, Plaut. Ps. 4, 4, 8:

    cor,

    Claud. Eutr. 2, 47:

    ingenia (opp. acuta),

    Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79 fin.:

    stella crine retuso,

    weakened, dimmed, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 185; cf. comp.:

    acumen retusius,

    Hier. Ep. 69, 4:

    fervor belli,

    subdued, Sil. 8, 321:

    res,

    impaired, unfortunate, id. 16, 21.

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  • 16 surdus

    surdus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. svar, heavy; svaras, weight; cf. O. H. Germ. swārida, weight], deaf.
    I.
    Lit.:

    ne mi ut surdo verbera auris,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 204; id. Cas. 3, 3, 12:

    si surdus sit, varietates vocum noscere possit?

    Cic. Div. 2, 3, 9:

    utinam aut hic surdus aut haec muta facta sit,

    Ter. And. 3, 1, 5.— Sup., stone-deaf, Mart. Cap. 9, § 926; Aug. Ep. 39.—Prov.: surdo narrare, canere, etc., preach to deaf ears, talk to the wind:

    nae ille haud scit, quam mihi nunc surdo narret fabulam,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 10:

    cantabant surdo,

    Prop. 4 (5), 8, 47; cf.:

    non canimus surdis,

    Verg. E. 10, 8; and:

    quae (praecepta) vereor, ne vana surdis auribus cecinerim,

    Liv. 40, 8, 10; 3, 70, 7; Tib. 4, 14, 2:

    narrare asello Fabellam surdo,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 200; cf.:

    suadere surdis, quid sit opus facto,

    Lucr. 5, 1050.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Deaf to any thing, i. e. not listening, unwilling to hear, inattentive, regardless, insensible, inexorable; also, not understanding, not apprehending:

    orando surdas jam aures reddideras mihi,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 89; so,

    aures,

    Liv. 24, 32, 6; cf. Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 48; id. 2, 20 (3, 13), 13:

    non surdus judex,

    Cic. Font. 11, 25 (7, 15):

    ad mea munera surdus,

    Ov. H. 7, 27:

    per numquam surdos in tua vota deos,

    id. P. 2, 8, 28:

    surdae ad omnia solacia aures,

    Liv. 9, 7, 3:

    surdae ad fortia consilia Vitellio aures,

    Tac. H. 3, 67 init.:

    surdus adversus aliquid,

    Aug. Serm. 50, 13:

    surdus sum,

    I will not hear, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 24:

    surdas clamare ad undas,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 531:

    litora,

    Prop. 4 (5), 11, 6.—Hence, poet. transf.:

    vota,

    i. e. to which the gods are deaf, to which they will not hearken, Pers. 6, 28:

    surdaeque adhibent solatia menti,

    Ov. M. 9, 654:

    tuas lacrimas litora surda bibent,

    Prop. 4 (5), 11, 6:

    leges rem surdam, inexorabilem esse,

    Liv. 2, 3:

    surda tellus,

    not susceptible of cultivation, Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 21:

    surdus timori,

    not capable of fear, Sil. 11, 354:

    tuis lacrimis,

    Mart. 10, 13, 8:

    in alicujus sermone,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116.— Comp.:

    scopulis surdior Icari Voces audit adhuc integer (i. e. castus),

    Hor. C. 3, 7, 21:

    surdior illa freto surgente,

    Ov. M. 14, 711:

    surdior aequoribus,

    id. ib. 13, 804:

    non saxa surdiora navitis,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 54.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    Mars genitor, votorum haud surde meorum,

    Sil. 10, 554:

    pactorum,

    id. 1, 692:

    veritatis,

    Col. 3, 10, 18.—
    B.
    Of things that give out a dull, indistinct sound, dull-sounding (very rare):

    theatrum,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.:

    locus,

    Vitr. 3, 3:

    loca,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 576:

    vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 32:

    surdum quiddam et barbarum,

    id. 12, 10, 28.—
    C.
    Pass., that is not heard, noiseless, silent, still, mute, dumb ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    lyra,

    Prop. 4 (5), 5, 58:

    buccina,

    Juv. 7, 71:

    plectra,

    Stat. S. 1, 4, 19:

    non erit officii gratia surda tui,

    unsung, Ov. P. 2, 6, 31; cf.

    fama,

    Sil. 6, 75:

    surdum et ignobile opus,

    Stat. Th. 4, 359:

    nomen parentum,

    Sil. 8, 248:

    herbae,

    Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 5:

    quos diri conscia facti mens surdo verbere caedit,

    secret, Juv. 13, 194:

    ictus,

    Plin. 19, 1, 4, § 20.—
    D.
    Of odor, appearance, meaning, etc., faint, dim, dull, indistinct, stupid:

    spirant cinnama surdum,

    Pers. 6, 36:

    colos,

    Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67:

    hebes unitate surdā color,

    id. 37, 5, 20, § 76:

    discrimen figurarum,

    id. 35, 2, 2, § 4:

    materia,

    id. 13, 15, 30, § 98:

    res surdae ac sensu carentes,

    id. 20, prooem. § 1; so id. 24, 1, 1, § 3; 27, 13, 120, § 146.—Hence, * adv.: surdē, faintly, imperfectly, indistinctly: surde audire, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 194 P. (Com. Fragm. v. 348 Rib.).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > surdus

  • 17 bardus

        bardus adj., βραδύσ, stupid, dull.
    * * *
    I
    barda, bardum ADJ
    stupid, slow, dull
    II
    bard (Gallic), poet-singer, minstrel

    Latin-English dictionary > bardus

  • 18 brūtus

        brūtus adj.    [2 GAR-], heavy, inert, immovable: tellus, H.—Dull, insensible, irrational, Her.
    * * *
    I
    bruta, brutum ADJ
    heavy, unwieldy, inert; dull, stupid, brute; irrational, insensitive, brutish
    II
    Brutus, Roman cognomen

    L. Junius Brutus -- first consul; M. J. = assassin

    Latin-English dictionary > brūtus

  • 19 exsurdō

        exsurdō —, —, āre    [ex+surdus], to deafen, dull, blunt: palatum, H.
    * * *
    exsurdare, exsurdavi, exsurdatus V INTRANS
    deafen; make dull or blunt (taste)

    Latin-English dictionary > exsurdō

  • 20 hebetō

        hebetō āvī, ātus, āre    [hebes], to make blunt, dull, blunt, dim, deaden, weaken: hastas, L.: ferrum hostium, L.: visūs tibi, V.: sidera, Ta.: taurorum flammas, quench the fiery breath, O.: alcui visūs, V.—Fig.: Lethe hebetans pectora, stupefying, O.
    * * *
    hebetare, hebetavi, hebetatus V TRANS
    blunt, deaden, make dull/faint/dim/torpid/inactive (light/plant/senses), weaken

    Latin-English dictionary > hebetō

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