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.