Category:Narcissus

Nar*cis"sus, n.; pl. Narcissuses. Etym: [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.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: 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.

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---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Narcissus - Daffofil, a Roman whom Paul salutes (Romans 16:11). He is supposed to have been the private secretary of the emperor Claudius. This is, however, quite uncertain.