ἀμβλύς

See also: αμβλύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps connected with ἀμαλός (amalós, “soft, bland”), ἀμβλίσκω (amblískō, “to miscarry, to blind”), or ἀμαλδύνω (amaldúnō, “to destroy, weaken”) and thus possibly inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus (“soft, weak”) just as Latin mollis (see there) from earlier *molvis and *molduis.

Further cognates would then include Latin blandus and mortārium, Old Prussian maldai (“boys”), Welsh blydd (“soft”), Old Church Slavonic младъ (mladŭ, “young”), Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdú, “soft, mild, weak”), Old Armenian մեղկ (mełk, “soft, weak”) and English mild.

This being said, there is the possibility to connect some of these words with the Proto-Indo-European root *melh₂- (“to grind, crush, pulverize, mill”).

Pronunciation

(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

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	ᾰ̓μβλεῖ ămbleî	ᾰ̓μβλείᾱ ămbleíā	ᾰ̓μβλεῖ ămbleî	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	ᾰ̓μβλεῖ ămbleî	ᾰ̓μβλείᾱ ămbleíā	ᾰ̓μβλεῖ ămbleî	ᾰ̓μβλεῖς ămbleîs	ᾰ̓μβλείᾱς ămbleíās	ᾰ̓μβλέᾰ ămbléă
Vocative	ᾰ̓μβλῠ́ ămblŭ́	ᾰ̓μβλεῖᾰ ămbleîă	ᾰ̓μβλῠ́ ămblŭ́	ᾰ̓μβλεῖ ămbleî	ᾰ̓μβλείᾱ ămbleíā	ᾰ̓μβλεῖ ămbleî	ᾰ̓μβλεῖς ămbleîs	ᾰ̓μβλεῖαι ămbleîai	ᾰ̓μβλέᾰ ămbléă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	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)
ἀμβλύνω (amblúnō)

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