Νάρκισσος

See also: νάρκισσος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nár.kis.sos/ → /ˈnar.cis.sos/ → /ˈnar.ci.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nár.kis.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈnar.kis.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈnar.cis.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈnar.cis.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈnar.ci.sos/

Proper noun

Νάρκισσος • (Nárkissos) m (genitive Ναρκίσσου); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Narcissus

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Νᾰ́ρκῐσσος; τοῦ Νᾰρκῐ́σσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Νᾰ́ρκῐσσος ho Nárkissos
Genitive	τοῦ Νᾰρκῐ́σσου toû Narkíssou
Dative	τῷ Νᾰρκῐ́σσῳ tôi Narkíssōi
Accusative	τὸν Νᾰ́ρκῐσσον tòn Nárkisson
Vocative	Νᾰ́ρκῐσσε Nárkisse
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Νάρκισσος (Nárkissos)
• → Japanese: ナルキッソス (Narukissosu)
• → Latin: Narcissus
  • Catalan: Narcís
  • → Czech: Narcis
  • → Dutch: Narcissus
  • → English: Narcissus
  • French: Narcisse
  • → Polish: Narcyz
  • Romanian: Narcis

Further reading

• Νάρκισσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Νάρκισσος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

Ancient Greek Νάρκισσος (Nárkissos), which is often connected to νάρκισσος (nárkissos, “daffodil”) due to Narcissus being turned into a flower, but which term was borrowed first or whether there is a connection at all is unclear. Or, possibly a borrowing from Aegean/Tyrsenian.

Proper noun

Νάρκισσος • (Nárkissos) m

1. (Greek mythology) Narcissus
2. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Νάρκισσος

	singular
nominative	Νάρκισσος (Nárkissos)
genitive	Νάρκισσου (Nárkissou)
accusative	Νάρκισσο (Nárkisso)
vocative	Νάρκισσε (Nárkisse)

Further reading

• Νάρκισσος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.