narcissus

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin narcissus, from Ancient Greek νάρκισσος (nárkissos), ultimately either from Pre-Greek or related to νάρκη (nárkē).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

narcissus (plural narcissuses or narcissi)

Narcissus (Narcissus poeticus)
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  1. Any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus, having white or yellow cup- or trumpet-shaped flowers, notably the daffodil
    • 1697, Virgil, “The Second Pastoral. Or, Alexis.”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. [], London: [] Jacob Tonson, [], →OCLC, page 6:
      The Daughters of the Flood have ſearch'd the Mead / For Violets pale, and cropt the Poppy's Head: / The Short Narciſſus and fair Daffodil, / Pancies to pleaſe the Sight, and Caſſia ſvveet to ſmell: []
    • 2014 September 26, Charles Quest-Ritson, “The Dutch garden where tulip bulbs live forever: Hortus Bulborum, a volunteer-run Dutch garden, is dedicated to conserving historic varieties before they vanish for good [print version: Inspired by a living bulb archive, 27 September 2014, p. G5]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening)[1]:
      At Hortus Bulborum you will find heirloom narcissi that date back at least to the 15th century and famous old tulips like 'Duc van Tol' (1595) and its sports.
  2. A beautiful young man, like the mythological Greek Narcissus

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Translations[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek νάρκισσος (nárkissos).

Noun[edit]

narcissus m (genitive narcissī); second declension

  1. narcissus

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative narcissus narcissī
Genitive narcissī narcissōrum
Dative narcissō narcissīs
Accusative narcissum narcissōs
Ablative narcissō narcissīs
Vocative narcisse narcissī

References[edit]

  • narcissus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • narcissus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • narcissus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • narcissus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[2]
  • narcissus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • narcissus”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray