ἐκτυφλόω

A. make quite blind, τινά Batr. 238, Hdt. 4.2,9.93, X. Eq. 10.2, Ar. Pl. 301, etc.; ἐκτυφλοῦν τιν’ ἀστραπή Antiph. 195.4: abs., κονιορτὸς ἐκτυφλῶν Ar. Fr. 569.2:—Pass., λαμπτῆρες ἐκτυφλωθέντες σκότῳ (expl. by σβεσθέντες in Sch.) A. Ch. 536: metaph., Philostr. VA 4.36; of buds destroyed by hail, Id. Her. 2.11.