torpid
From LSJ
τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
numb: P. ἀπονεναρκωμένος; see numb, stiff.
be torpid, v.: P. ναρκᾶν (Plato).
dull, without feeling: P. and V. ἀμβλύς.
sluggish: P. and V. νωθής, V. νωχελής.
unenergetic: P. ἀπρόθυμος, ὀκνηρός.
make torpid, dull: P. and V. ἀμβλύνειν, ἀπαμβλύνειν, V. καταμβλύνειν.
