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narca

narca, ~os [cf. CL narce < νάρκη = numbness] 1 torpedo, numb-fish. ~os piscis est tante virtutis ‥ quod mediante lino et calamo ad manum piscatoris calamum tenentis accedit stupor Neckam NR II 44; mirantur subitum piscantis membra stuporem, / unco dum narchos lesus habere stupet. / nam stupor ad digitos calamo mediante recurrit, / et fit piscator immemor ipse sui Id. DS III 498; narchos vel narcha piscis est, teste Aristotele, adeo stuporifere nature ‥ ut mediante ligno vel calamo vel hamo vel rethi reddat manum piscatoris insensibilem et totum corpus, nisi citius dimittat Alph. 123. 2 centaury (Centaurion) or gentian (Gentiana). centaurea major quam multi †martam [l. narcam] vel gencianam dicunt Alph. 37; nartan, respice in centaurea major Ib. 122.

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