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Meaning of obtusus | Babel Free

Verb feminine CEFR B1
[ɔpˈtuː.sʊs]

Definitions

  1. struck, beaten, buffeted
    declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, passive, perfect
  2. blunt, blunted, dull, dulled, dim, dimmed, obtuse, unfeeling
    declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, passive, perfect

Equivalents

English blunt

Examples

““Nōn obtūsa adeō gestāmus pectora Poenī,”

“We Phoenicians do not have minds so dulled, nor [is] the Sun god turned so far away from [our] Tyrian city [when] he yokes [his] horses [each morning].” (Regarding the Trojan War, Queen Dido says that her people are not so ignorant or unfeeling, nor figuratively unenlightened, as to be unaware of its significance. Note: Some Latin texts use the variant “obtunsa,” from obtunsus.)

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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