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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• blunt (adj.):
    1. I. Lit.: not sharp:
      1. 1. hĕbes, ĕtis: Pl.: b. swords, h. gladii, Ov. Phr.: is the sword b. now? ferrum nunc hebet? Liv.: to become b., hĕbesco, hĕbĕtesco, 3: to be b., hebeo, 2: the edge in razors becomes b., acies in cultris tonsorum hebetescunt, Plin.
      2. 2. obtūsus: a b. ploughshare, ob. vomer, Virg.: a b. dagger, ob. pugio, Tac.
      3. 3. rĕtūsus: a b. sword, ferrum r., Hor.: a b. axe, r. securis, Pl.: b. weapons, r. tela, Ov.: v. dull.
    2. II. Abrupt, unceremonious: no single word. Phr.: a b. remark, *(aliquid) liberius et quasi rusticius s. horridius dictum: there was a b. honesty about the man, *libera quadam et paene agresti simplicitate erat: we should be frank not blunt, *decet liberum non inurbanum esse: v. frank, unceremonious, rude.
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• blunt (v.):
      1. 1. hĕbĕto, 1: to b. the spears, hastas h., Liv. Fig.: sadness and care are b.'d by wine, vino tristitia et cura hebetatur, Plin.
      2. 2. rĕtundo, tŭdi, tūsum, 3: to b. a sword, ferrum r., Cic.: the lime-tree b.s an axe very soon, citissime r. ascias tilia, Plin. Fig.: to b. the edge of the mind, mucronem ingenii r., Quint.
      3. 3. obtundo, 3: Lucr. Fig.: to b. the mind, mentem ob., Cic.: to b. grief, aegritudinem ob., Cic.
      4. 4. praestringo, strinxi, strictum, 3: the edge of the sword is b.'d, acies ferri praestringitur, Plin. Fig.: to b. the edge of the mind, aciem animi p., Cic.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• BLUNT
1.
  • hebes, obtusus, retusus (PROP. and figuratirely). To be blunt, hebere; obtusa esse acie (PROP.): hebetem, hebetatum, obtusum esse (also figuratively). Become so, hebescere (PROP. and figuratively). Blunt in spirit, hebetis or tardi ingenii.
  • Rough, rude, inurbanus, rusticus, horridus.
  • Abrupt, abruptus.
  • Plain, liber.
2. v. hebetare, retundere, obtundere (PROP. and figuratively): an axe, retundere securim: a spear, hebetare hastam: a keen palate, obtundere subtile palatum: the mind, mentem, ingenium obtundere. To be blunted to a thing, hebetatum atque induratum esse ad aliquid. Blunted in body and mind, animo simul et corpore hebetato. To blunt hope, spem debilitare, extenuare.