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exsurdo

exsurdo, to deafen, dull, blunt

ex-surdo (exurdo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [surdus], to render deaf, to deafen (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
  • I Lit.: paniculae flos si aures intraverit, exsurdat, Plin. 32, 10, 52, § 141.—
  • II Transf.
      • 1 In gen., to stun, overcome with din: aures curiae, Val. Max. 2, 2, 3: turbida nec calamos exsurdant classica nostros, Calp. Ecl. 4, 131.—
      • 2 Esp., of the taste, to dull, blunt: vina palatum, Hor. S. 2, 8, 38.

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