obtusio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

obtūsĭo, ōnis, f. [obtundo],

I a crushing , bruising : membri, Tert. Res. Carn. 57.—

II Bluntness , dulness (eccl. Lat.): obtusio sensuum, Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 6; Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 6: visus, id. ib. 1, 1, 5.— Absol. , Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 6, 91; 1, 4, 62.