The corpus record

ναρκάω

narkao

grow stiff

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Where it lives

Meno 4 · 4.09/10k
Daniel (LXX) 1 · 0.95/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

grow stiff, numb

grow stiff or numb, χεὶρ νάρκησε Il. 8.328; τὴν ψυχὴν καὶ τὸ στόμα ναρκῶ Pl. Men. 80b; ψυχῆς ναρκώσης Democr. 290; τὸ ἡσυχάζον ναρκᾷ Epicur. Sent.Vat. 11; τὸ νεῦρον ὃ ἐνάρκησεν LXX Ge. 32.32(33); χεὶρ νεναρκηκυῖα J. AJ 8.8.5; of the numbness caused by the fish νάρκη, Arist. HA 620b19, cf. Pl. Men. 84b; ναρκῶ, ναὶ τὸν Πᾶνα Theoc. 27.51.

In the wild

νάρκησε · narkēse Iliad 8.328
ναρκᾶν · narkan Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.69.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1140)
ναρκῶ · narkō Plato, Meno 80
ναρκῶσα · narkōsa Plato, Meno 80
ναρκήσας · narkēsas Plato, Meno 84
ναρκᾶν · narkan Plato, Meno 84

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Where it came from

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