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1 θηριονάρκη
θηριο-νάρκη, ἡ, a plantA that benumbs serpents, Nerium Oleander, Plin.HN24.163,25.113.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > θηριονάρκη
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2 νάρκη
νάρκ-η, ἡ,A numbness, deadness, caused by palsy, frost, fright, etc., Hp.VM22, Aph.5.25;ν. κατὰ τῆς χειρὸς καταχεῖται Ar.V. 713
, cf. Arist.HA 515b20, Pr. 867b29, 954a23 (pl.).II torpedo, electric ray, which benumbs any one who touches it, Antiph.132.2, Anaxandr.41.52, etc.;ἡ πλατεῖα ν. ἡ θαλαττία Pl.Men. 80a
, cf. Arist.HA 620b19; ν. ποταμία the Egyptian electric eel, Malapterurus electricus, PMag.Osl.1.284, cf. Ath.7.312b: in metapl. acc.νάρκᾰ Opp.C.3.55
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