νάρκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

May be from Proto-Indo-European *(s)nerk-, from *(s)ner- (“to turn, twist”).

Noun

νάρκη • (nárkē)

1. numbness, torpor
2. stingray. electric ray

Derived terms

• ναρκάω (narkáō)
• ναρκόω (narkóō)

References

• “νάρκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νάρκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• νάρκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • inertness idem, page 436.
  • insensibility idem, page 444.
  • lethargy idem, page 486.
  • numbness idem, page 563.
  • paralysis idem, page 592.
  • torpor idem, page 881.
  • unconsciousness idem, page 910.
• “narcotic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 975

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Greek

Noun

νάρκη • (nárki) f (plural νάρκες)

1. (military) mine, landmine
2. torpor, stupor, lethargy
3. numbness

Declension

Declension of νάρκη

	singular	plural
nominative	νάρκη •	νάρκες •
genitive	νάρκης •	ναρκών •
accusative	νάρκη •	νάρκες •
vocative	νάρκη •	νάρκες •

Derived terms

• χειμερία νάρκη f (cheimería nárki, “hibernation”)