νάρκισσος

See also: Νάρκισσος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, the suffix clearly points to a word. The connection with νάρκη (nárkē, “numbness”) is due to folk etymology.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nár.kis.sos/ → /ˈnar.cis.sos/ → /ˈnar.ci.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nár.kis.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈnar.kis.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈnar.cis.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈnar.cis.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈnar.ci.sos/

Noun

νάρκισσος • (nárkissos) m or f (genitive ναρκίσσου); second declension

1. daffodil, narcissus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ, ἡ νάρκισσος; τοῦ, τῆς ναρκίσσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ νάρκισσος ho, hē nárkissos	τὼ ναρκίσσω tṑ narkíssō	οἱ, αἱ νάρκισσοι hoi, hai nárkissoi
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς ναρκίσσου toû, tês narkíssou	τοῖν ναρκίσσοιν toîn narkíssoin	τῶν ναρκίσσων tôn narkíssōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ ναρκίσσῳ tôi, têi narkíssōi	τοῖν ναρκίσσοιν toîn narkíssoin	τοῖς, ταῖς ναρκίσσοις toîs, taîs narkíssois
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν νάρκισσον tòn, tḕn nárkisson	τὼ ναρκίσσω tṑ narkíssō	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς ναρκίσσους toùs, tā̀s narkíssous
Vocative	νάρκισσε nárkisse	ναρκίσσω narkíssō	νάρκισσοι nárkissoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ναρκίσσινος (narkíssinos)
• ναρκισσίτης (narkissítēs)

 

Descendants

• Greek: νάρκισσος (nárkissos)
• → Classical Syriac: ܢܪܩܝܣ (narqīs)
• → Latin: narcissus (see there for further descendants)
• → Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (nlgs /⁠nargis⁠/)
  • → Arabic: نَرْجِس (narjis) (see there for further descendants)
  • Persian: نرگس (narges) (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Armenian: ներգիս (nergis)

Further reading

• “νάρκισσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• νάρκισσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Boisacq, Émile (1916) “νάρκισσος”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 657

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Greek

Noun

νάρκισσος • (nárkissos) m (plural νάρκισσοι)

1. narcissus, daffodil (plant, flower)
2. narcissist (person)

Declension

Declension of νάρκισσος

	singular	plural
nominative	νάρκισσος •	νάρκισσοι •
genitive	νάρκισσου •	νάρκισσων •
accusative	νάρκισσο •	νάρκισσους •
vocative	νάρκισσε •	νάρκισσοι •

Related terms

• Νάρκισσος m (Nárkissos, “Narcissus”)