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“blunt” in Latin
hebesblunt, dull, not sharp or pointed; dim, faint, dull; tasteless, without smell, without sensation; dull, obtuse, sluggishobtundōto strike, beat or batter; to blunt; to deafenretundōto beat back, drive back; to restrain, check; to hammer back (something sharp), blunt or dullinurbānusrustic, ungraceful, unmannerlyrūsticusof the country, rural, rustic; unrefined, boorish, coarsehorridusrough, bristly, shaggy; rude, rough, uncouth, unpolished, untrimmed; awful, dreadful, horrible, horrid, frightful, fearfabrumpōto break off something (violently); rend, tear, sever; to cut short; break off; terminate; halt, stop, or end suddenly olīberfree, independent, unrestricted, unchecked, unrestrained, licentious; freeman, freewoman; open (not decided or settled)hebeōto be blunt, dullhebetōto make something blunt, dull, dim; to dull, blunt, make stupid; to weaken, deaden
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
blunt
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.
blunt 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.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for blunt?
- The usual Latin words for “blunt” are hebes, obtundō, retundō; also inurbānus, rūsticus, horridus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.