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τυφλό-ω ,
A.blind, make blind, τινα Hdt. 4.2; ὄμματα, ὄψιν, E.Cyc.470, Ph.764:—Pass., to be blinded, to be or become blind, Hdt.2.111; “τυφλοῦμαι φέγγος ὀμμάτωνE.Hec.1035; ἕλκος τυφλωθέν a blinding wound (Pass. of τυφλόω ἕλκος inflict a blinding wound), S.Ant.973 (lyr.).
II. make blind or without passage, stop up,τὰς διόδους ἁμάξαιςAen.Tact.2.5; τ. ὀφθαλμοὺς [ἀμπέλου] Gp.5.9.7; “τ. τὸν μαστόνmakeit cease to yield milk, Ael.NA3.39:—Pass., “βλάστησις τυφλουμένηThphr.CP5.17.7; “οὖρα τυφλοῦταιNic.Al.340; “ φωνὴ τυφλοῦταιPlu. 2.721b; “τυφλωθείσης τῆς τοῦ δέρματος τρώσεωςGal.1.388:—also in Med., “τυφλώσατο νηδύςNic.Al.285.
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    • Euripides, Cyclops, 470
    • Euripides, Hecuba, 1035
    • Euripides, Phoenician Women, 764
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.111
    • Herodotus, Histories, 4.2
    • Plato, Laws, 731e
    • Plato, Phaedo, 96c
    • Plato, Phaedo, 99e
    • Plato, Timaeus, 47b
    • Sophocles, Antigone, 973
    • Aelian, De Natura Animalium, 3.39
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