"νάρκη" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /nár.kɛː/, /ˈnar.ci/, /ˈnar.ci/, /nár.kɛː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈnar.ke̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈnar.ci/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈnar.ci/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈnar.ci/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Traditionally, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)nerk-, an extension of *(s)ner- (“to turn, twist”) shared with Proto-Germanic *snerhaną, *snarhōną (“to twist, wind, swing; to knot, braid; to snare”) and *snarhǭ (“swing, loop, noose, snare”), along with (less likely) Old Armenian ներգև (nergew, “weak, fragile, small”). However, the semantics and shape of the Greek make this unlikely, and so Beekes considers it more likely Pre-Greek. Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro|*(s)nerk-}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)nerk-, {{cog|gem-pro|*snerhaną}} Proto-Germanic *snerhaną, {{cog|xcl|ներգև||weak, fragile, small}} Old Armenian ներգև (nergew, “weak, fragile, small”), {{der|grc|qsb-grc}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|νάρκης|f|first}} νάρκη • (nárkē) f (genitive νάρκης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|νάρκη|νάρκης|dial=att|form=F-full}} Forms: nárkē [romanization], νάρκης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ νάρκη [nominative, singular], νάρκᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ νάρκαι [nominative, plural], τῆς νάρκης [genitive, singular], νάρκαιν [dual, genitive], ναρκῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ νάρκῃ [dative, singular], νάρκαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς νάρκαις [dative, plural], τὴν νάρκην [accusative, singular], νάρκᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς νάρκᾱς [accusative, plural], νάρκη [singular, vocative], νάρκᾱ [dual, vocative], νάρκαι [plural, vocative], νάρκᾰ [alternative]
  1. numbness, torpor
    Sense id: en-νάρκη-grc-noun-2tfPatcy
  2. stingray, electric ray
    Sense id: en-νάρκη-grc-noun-dc2RAgOj Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 79 7 3 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 89 4 2 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ναρκάω (narkáō), ναρκόω (narkóō)
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "narkáō",
      "word": "ναρκάω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "narkóō",
      "word": "ναρκόω"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "νάρκη",
            "lbor": "on"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: νάρκη (nárki) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: νάρκη (nárki) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "նարկա",
            "3": "ներկէս",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Armenian: նարկա (narka), ներկէս (nerkēs)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Armenian: նարկա (narka), ներկէս (nerkēs)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oge",
            "2": "ნარკი",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "stingray, electric ray"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Georgian: ნარკი (narḳi, “stingray, electric ray”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Georgian: ნარკი (narḳi, “stingray, electric ray”)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)nerk-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)nerk-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*snerhaną"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "weak, fragile, small"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "qsb-grc"
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nárkē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νάρκης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "form": "First declension",
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      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ νάρκη",
      "roman": "hē nárkē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "nárkā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ νάρκαι",
      "roman": "hai nárkai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς νάρκης",
      "roman": "tês nárkēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νάρκαιν",
      "roman": "nárkain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ναρκῶν",
      "roman": "narkôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ νάρκῃ",
      "roman": "têi nárkēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νάρκαιν",
      "roman": "nárkain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς νάρκαις",
      "roman": "taîs nárkais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν νάρκην",
      "roman": "tḕn nárkēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νάρκᾱ",
      "roman": "nárkā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς νάρκᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s nárkās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νάρκη",
      "roman": "nárkē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νάρκᾱ",
      "roman": "nárkā",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "νάρκαι",
      "roman": "nárkai",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "νάρκᾰ",
      "roman": "nárkă",
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      ]
    }
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        "3": "first"
      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "νάρκη",
        "2": "νάρκης",
        "dial": "att",
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "numbness, torpor"
      ],
      "id": "en-νάρκη-grc-noun-2tfPatcy",
      "links": [
        [
          "numbness",
          "numbness"
        ],
        [
          "torpor",
          "torpor"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 79 7 3 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 89 4 2 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stingray, electric ray"
      ],
      "id": "en-νάρκη-grc-noun-dc2RAgOj",
      "links": [
        [
          "stingray",
          "stingray"
        ],
        [
          "electric ray",
          "electric ray"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nár.kɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnar.ci/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnar.ci/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nár.kɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnar.ke̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnar.ci/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnar.ci/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnar.ci/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "νάρκη"
}
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    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "narkáō",
      "word": "ναρκάω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "narkóō",
      "word": "ναρκόω"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "νάρκη",
            "lbor": "on"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: νάρκη (nárki) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: νάρκη (nárki) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "նարկա",
            "3": "ներկէս",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Armenian: նարկա (narka), ներկէս (nerkēs)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Armenian: նարկա (narka), ներկէս (nerkēs)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oge",
            "2": "ნარკი",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "stingray, electric ray"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Georgian: ნარკი (narḳi, “stingray, electric ray”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Georgian: ნარკი (narḳi, “stingray, electric ray”)"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "*(s)nerk-"
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      "name": "der"
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      "name": "cog"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nárkē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νάρκης",
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        "genitive"
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ νάρκη",
      "roman": "hē nárkē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νάρκᾱ",
      "roman": "nárkā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ νάρκαι",
      "roman": "hai nárkai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς νάρκης",
      "roman": "tês nárkēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νάρκαιν",
      "roman": "nárkain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ναρκῶν",
      "roman": "narkôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ νάρκῃ",
      "roman": "têi nárkēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νάρκαιν",
      "roman": "nárkain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς νάρκαις",
      "roman": "taîs nárkais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν νάρκην",
      "roman": "tḕn nárkēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νάρκᾱ",
      "roman": "nárkā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς νάρκᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s nárkās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νάρκη",
      "roman": "nárkē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νάρκᾱ",
      "roman": "nárkā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νάρκαι",
      "roman": "nárkai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νάρκᾰ",
      "roman": "nárkă",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "νάρκης",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first"
      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "νάρκη",
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  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "numbness, torpor"
      ],
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        [
          "numbness",
          "numbness"
        ],
        [
          "torpor",
          "torpor"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "stingray, electric ray"
      ],
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        [
          "stingray",
          "stingray"
        ],
        [
          "electric ray",
          "electric ray"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nár.kɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnar.ci/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnar.ci/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nár.kɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnar.ke̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnar.ci/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnar.ci/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnar.ci/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "νάρκη"
}

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