numbness, deadness
numbness, deadness, caused by palsy, frost, fright, etc., Hp. VM 22, Aph. 5.25; ν. κατὰ τῆς χειρὸς καταχεῖται Ar. V. 713, cf. Arist. HA 515b20, Pr. 867b29, 954a23 (pl.).
II torpedo, electric ray, benumbs, electric eel, Malapterurus electricus
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. HA 620b19; ν. ποταμία the Egyptian electric eel, Malapterurus electricus, PMag.Osl. 1.284, cf. Ath. 7.312b: in metapl. acc. νάρκᾰ Opp. C. 3.55.