ex-surdo
āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
I.
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.