1. narcissus - Noun
2. Narcissus - Proper 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.
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA century later the travel writer Pausanias recorded a novel variant of the story, in which Narcissus falls in love with his twin sister rather than himself (Guide to Greece, 9.31.7). Source: Internet
Deranged by lust, Dané searches for Narcissus, naked but for a cloak, and finds him at the point of death. Source: Internet
He had prayed to the gods to give Narcissus a lesson for all the pain he provoked. Source: Internet
Hermann Hesse 's character "Narcissus" in " Narcissus and Goldmund " shares several of mythical Narcissus' traits, although his narcissism is based on his intellect rather than his physical beauty. Source: Internet
In it, a young man named Aminias fell in love with Narcissus, who had already spurned his male suitors. Source: Internet
In the four manuscripts that remain, an unknown author borrows from the Echo and Narcissus of Ovid to create a story better suited to the needs of his time. Source: Internet