ἀμβλύς

See also: αμβλύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Maybe connected with ἀμαλός (amalós, “soft, bland”), ἀμβλίσκω (amblískō, “to be abortive, to go blind”), or ἀμαλδύνω (amaldúnō, “to destroy, weaken”) (<< Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus (“soft, weak”)), but none of these associations are strong.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /am.blýs/ → /amˈblys/ → /amˈblis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /am.blýs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /amˈblys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /amˈblys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /amˈblys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /amˈblis/

Adjective

ᾰ̓μβλῠ́ς • (ămblŭ́s) m (feminine ᾰ̓μβλεῖᾰ, neuter ᾰ̓μβλῠ́); first/third declension

1. dull, blunt, not sharp

   Synonym: κωφός (kōphós)

Inflection

First and third declension of ᾰ̓μβλῠ́ς; ᾰ̓μβλεῖᾰ; ᾰ̓μβλῠ́ (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓μβλῠ́ς ămblŭ́s	ᾰ̓μβλεῖᾰ ămbleîă	ᾰ̓μβλῠ́ ămblŭ́		ᾰ̓μβλέε ămblée	ᾰ̓μβλείᾱ ămbleíā	ᾰ̓μβλέε ămblée		ᾰ̓μβλεῖς ămbleîs	ᾰ̓μβλεῖαι ămbleîai	ᾰ̓μβλέᾰ ămbléă
Genitive		ᾰ̓μβλέος ămbléos	ᾰ̓μβλείᾱς ămbleíās	ᾰ̓μβλέος ămbléos		ᾰ̓μβλέοιν ămbléoin	ᾰ̓μβλείαιν ămbleíain	ᾰ̓μβλέοιν ămbléoin		ᾰ̓μβλέων ămbléōn	ᾰ̓μβλειῶν ămbleiôn	ᾰ̓μβλέων ămbléōn
Dative		ᾰ̓μβλεῖ ămbleî	ᾰ̓μβλείᾳ ămbleíāi	ᾰ̓μβλεῖ ămbleî		ᾰ̓μβλέοιν ămbléoin	ᾰ̓μβλείαιν ămbleíain	ᾰ̓μβλέοιν ămbléoin		ᾰ̓μβλέσῐ / ᾰ̓μβλέσῐν ămblésĭ(n)	ᾰ̓μβλείαις ămbleíais	ᾰ̓μβλέσῐ / ᾰ̓μβλέσῐν ămblésĭ(n)
Accusative		ᾰ̓μβλῠ́ν ămblŭ́n	ᾰ̓μβλεῖᾰν ămbleîăn	ᾰ̓μβλῠ́ ămblŭ́		ᾰ̓μβλέε ămblée	ᾰ̓μβλείᾱ ămbleíā	ᾰ̓μβλέε ămblée		ᾰ̓μβλεῖς ămbleîs	ᾰ̓μβλείᾱς ămbleíās	ᾰ̓μβλέᾰ ămbléă
Vocative		ᾰ̓μβλῠ́ ămblŭ́	ᾰ̓μβλεῖᾰ ămbleîă	ᾰ̓μβλῠ́ ămblŭ́		ᾰ̓μβλέε ămblée	ᾰ̓μβλείᾱ ămbleíā	ᾰ̓μβλέε ămblée		ᾰ̓μβλεῖς ămbleîs	ᾰ̓μβλεῖαι ămbleîai	ᾰ̓μβλέᾰ ămbléă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ᾰ̓μβλέως ămbléōs				ᾰ̓μβλῠ́τερος ămblŭ́teros				ᾰ̓μβλῠ́τᾰτος ămblŭ́tătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• ὀξύς (oxús)

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓μβλύτης (ămblútēs)
• ᾰ̓μβλῠωπός (ămblŭōpós)

Descendants

• Greek: αμβλύς (amvlýs)

References

• “ἀμβλύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀμβλύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 85