νάρκισσος
See also: Νάρκισσος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, the suffix clearly points to a Pre-Greek word. The connection with νάρκη (nárkē, “numbness”) is due to folk etymology.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nár.kis.sos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈnar.kis.sos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈnar.kis.sos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈnar.cis.sos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈnar.ci.sos/
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ, ἡ νάρκισσος ho, hē nárkissos |
τὼ ναρκίσσω tṑ narkíssō |
οἱ, αἱ νάρκισσοι hoi, hai nárkissoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς ναρκίσσου toû, tês narkíssou |
τοῖν ναρκίσσοιν toîn narkíssoin |
τῶν ναρκίσσων tôn narkíssōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ, τῇ ναρκίσσῳ tôi, têi narkíssōi |
τοῖν ναρκίσσοιν toîn narkíssoin |
τοῖς, ταῖς ναρκίσσοις toîs, taîs narkíssois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν, τὴν νάρκισσον tòn, tḕn nárkisson |
τὼ ναρκίσσω tṑ narkíssō |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς ναρκίσσους toùs, tā̀s narkíssous | ||||||||||
Vocative | νάρκισσε nárkisse |
ναρκίσσω narkíssō |
νάρκισσοι nárkissoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ναρκίσσινος (narkíssinos)
- ναρκισσίτης (narkissítēs)
Further reading
- νάρκισσος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- νάρκισσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Noun
νάρκισσος • (nárkissos) m (plural νάρκισσοι)
- narcissus, daffodil (plant, flower)
- narcissist (person)
Declension
Related terms
- Νάρκισσος m (Nárkissos, “Narcissus”)
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