Ancient Greek

Noun

νάρκη • ‎(nárkē)

1. numbness, torpor

References

• νάρκη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• νάρκη in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «νάρκη» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • inertness idem, page 436.
  • insensibility idem, page 444.
  • lethargy idem, page 486.
  • numbness idem, page 563.
  • paralysis idem, page 592.
  • torpor idem, page 881.
  • unconsciousness idem, page 910.
• narcotic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.

Greek

Noun

νάρκη • ‎(nárki) f ‎(plural νάρκες)

1. (military) mine, landmine
2. torpor, stupor, lethargy
3. numbness

Declension

Derived terms

• χειμερία νάρκη f ‎(cheimería nárki, “hibernation”)