Hypertext Webster Gateway: "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 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) 1.7 (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}]
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