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narcissus |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Narcissus \Nar*cis"sus\, n.; pl {Narcissuses}. [L. narcissus, and (personified) Narcissus, Gr na`rkissos, Na`rkissos, fr na`rkh torpor, in allusion to the narcotic properties of the flower. Cf {Narcotic}.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of endogenous bulbous plants with handsome flowers, having a cup-shaped crown within the six-lobed perianth, and comprising the daffodils and jonquils of several kinds. 2. (Classical Myth.) A beautiful youth fabled to have been enamored of his own image as seen in a fountain, and to have been changed into the flower called Narcissus. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: narcissus n 1: bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters 2: (Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection [syn: {Narcissus}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Narcissus daffodil, a Roman whom Paul salutes (Rom. 16:11). He is supposed to have been the private secretary of the emperor Claudius. This is however, quite uncertain. From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Narcissus, astonishment; stupidity
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