I.N. cr.), tūsum (retunsus, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 27; 4, 4, 8), 3, v. a., to beat or pound back any thing sharp, i. e. to blunt, dull (class.).
I. Lit.: “ferrum,” Cic. Sull. 30, 83: “in Massagetas ferrum,” Hor. C. 1, 35, 39: “gladios in rem publicam destrictos,” Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2: “ascias (tilia),” Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 207: “hamata tela,” Ov. Am. 2, 9, 13; cf.: “conjurationis nefaria tela,” Cic. Dom. 24, 63. —
II. Trop., to blunt, dull, deaden, weaken, restrain, check, etc.: “(censorii stili) mucronem,” Cic. Clu. 44, 123: “mucronem ingenii cotidianā pugnā,” Quint. 10, 5, 16 (with deteratur fulgor): belle iste puer retundit Antonium, Atticus ap. Cic. Att. 16, 15, 3: “collegam,” Tac. A. 5, 11: “animum, qui luxuriā et lasciviā Diffluit,” check, repress, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 73; so, “impetum erumpentium,” Liv. 2, 33: sermones, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1; cf.: “Aetolorum linguas,” Liv. 33, 31: improbitatem, Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 3; Quint. 6, 4, 11 (with propulsare eos): “superbiam,” Phaedr. 4, 22, 21: “iram,” Prud. Cath. 6, 94; cf.: “Boreas retundit pelagus (ira motum),” Luc. 5, 601 Cort. N. cr.— Hence, rĕ-tūsus (retunsus, v. supra), a, um, P. a., blunted, blunt, dull.
A. Lit.: “securis,” Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 27: “ferrum,” Verg. G. 2, 301: “tela,” Ov. M. 12, 496: “retusum et crassum ferramentum,” Col. 4, 24, 21: “aurum hebeti mucrone,” Lucr. 5, 1274.—
B. Trop.: “mihi cor retunsum'st oppugnando pectore,” deprived of feeling, Plaut. Ps. 4, 4, 8: “cor,” Claud. Eutr. 2, 47: “ingenia (opp. acuta),” Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79 fin.: “stella crine retuso,” weakened, dimmed, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 185; cf. comp.: “acumen retusius,” Hier. Ep. 69, 4: “fervor belli,” subdued, Sil. 8, 321: “res,” impaired, unfortunate, id. 16, 21.
