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. “νάρκα^” Opp.C.3.55.