numb

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

adjective

P. ἀπονεναρκωμένος.

dull: P. and V. ἀμβλύς; see also torpid.

be numb, v.:P. ναρκᾶν (Plato).

ah, me! I swoon and my limbs grow numb: V. οἲ 'γὼ προλείπω, λύεται δέ μοι μέλη (Euripides, Hecuba 438).

so that my hand grow numb upon thy robes: V. ὥστ' ἐνθανεῖνγε σοῖς πέπλοισι χεῖρ' ἐμήν (Euripides, Hecuba 246).

verb transitive

dull: P. and V. ἀμβλύνειν, ἀπαμβλύνειν, V. καταμβλύνειν.