numb
From LSJ
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adj.
P. ἀπονεναρκωμένος. Dull: P. and V. ἀμβλύς; see also torpid. Be numb, v.:P. ναρκᾶν (Plat.). Ah, me! I swoon and my limbs grow numb: V. οἲ ʼγὼ προλείπω, λύεται δέ μοι μέλη (Eur., Hec. 438). So that my hand grow numb upon thy robes: V. ὥστʼ ἐνθανεῖν γε σοῖς πέπλοισι χεῖρʼ ἐμήν (Eur., Hec. 246). v. trans. Dull: P. and V. ἀμβλύνειν, ἀπαμβλύνειν, V. καταμβλύνειν.
