obtundo

== Latin == === Etymology === From ob- (“upon”) +‎ tundō (“to strike”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔpˈtʊn.doː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [obˈtun.do] === Verb === obtundō (present infinitive obtundere, perfect active obtudī, supine obtūsum); third conjugation to strike, beat or batter to blunt to deafen to buffet ==== Conjugation ==== ==== 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 “obtundo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “obtuse”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.