NARCISSUS

"Child of Cush". In Greek, Narkissos. Naar signifies "child" and kissos, "Cush".

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A Roman, many of whose household Paul salutes as Christians, Ro 16:11. Two men of this name are mentioned in Roman histories of that time; one, executed three or four years before Paul wrote, was a favorite of the emperor Claudius; the other, of Nero his successor.

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Narcissus. 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.

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Narcissus. astonishment; stupidity

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NARCISSUS. → A believer at Rome Ro 16:11

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narcissus. Narcissus, n. a fine flower, the daffodil-flower

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Nar‐cis″sus (när‐sĭs″sŭs), n.; pl. Narcissuses (#). [[L. narcissus, and (personified) Narcissus, Gr. νάρκισσοσ, Νάρκισσοσ, fr. νάρκη torpor, in allusion to the narcotic properties of the flower. Cf. Narcotic.]] 1. 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. 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.