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Latin
Etymology
From ob- (“upon”) + tundo (“I strike”).
Pronunciation
Verb
obtundō (present infinitive obtundere, perfect active obtudī, supine obtūsum); third conjugation
- to strike, beat or batter
- to blunt
- to deafen
- to buffet
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “obtundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obtundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obtundo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to din a thing into a person's ears: aures alicuius obtundere or simply obtundere (aliquem)
- “obtuse”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.