νάρκη
From LSJ
ἀλλ' οὐκ οἰωνοῖσιν ἐρύσσατο κῆρα μέλαιναν → by no augury could he ward off black death
English (LSJ)
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.HA515b20, 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.HA620b19; ν. ποταμία the Egyptian electric eel, Malapterurus electricus, PMag.Osl.1.284, cf. Ath.7.312b: in metapl. acc. νάρκᾰ Opp.C.3.55.
