εὐαίσθητος/ἀμβλύς - Sensitive/Insensitive - Koine antonyms?

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Stephen Hughes
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εὐαίσθητος/ἀμβλύς - Sensitive/Insensitive - Koine antonyms?

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Does the antonym pair εὐαίσθητος "sensitive", "having keen senses" - ἀμβλύς "insensitive", "less sensitive", "numb", still hold up in the Koine period?
Γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)
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