Latin

Verb

obtundō ‎(present infinitive obtundere, perfect active obtudī, supine obtusum); third conjugation

1. I strike, beat or batter
2. I blunt
3. I deafen

Inflection

Descendants

• English: obtuse
• Italian: ottundere

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “obtundo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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, The Century Co., New York, 1911