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] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 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

  Νάρκισσος

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Νάρκισσος •
genitive	Νάρκισσου •
accusative	Νάρκισσο •
vocative	Νάρκισσε •

Further reading

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