Narcissus

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun 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.

II. Narcissus ·noun 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.

Related Words

narcissus
narcissus, i, m., = νάρκισσος, the narcissus , Plin. 21, 5, 12, § 25; 21, 19, 75, § 128; Verg. E....

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Narcissus
Narcissus, i, m., I Narcissus, the son of Cephisus and the nymph Liriope. He was exceedingly beautif...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
narcissus
narcissus ī, m , νάρκισσος, the narcissus: purpureus, V. ...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Narcissus
astonishment; stupidity ...

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Narcissus
Daffodil, a Roman whom Paul salutes (Rom. 16:11). He is supposed to have been the private secretary ...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Narcissus
(stupidity), a dweller at Rome, (Romans 16:11) some members of whose household were known us Christi...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary