Narcissus

narcissus Translingual right|thumb|Narcissus pseudonarcissus species Narcissus pseudonarcissus Etymology From mul grc Νάρκισσος Narcissus, a character in Greek mythology, renowned for his beauty and pride. Proper noun 1 m genus family Amaryllidaceae daffodils Hypernyms genus ; Amaryllidoideae subfamily subfamily; Narcisseae tribe tribe Hyponyms genus Narcissus subg. Hermione subgenus, Narcissus subg. Narcissus subgenus subgenera Narcissus poeticus species (poet's daffodil) type species; for the numerous other species see 1 References Narcissus (plant) 1 1 NARCI mul Amaryllis family plants English + (mythology) Etymology From en la Narcissus, from en grc Νάρκισσος Narcissus. Pronunciation en /nɑː(r)ˈsɪsəs/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Narcissus.wav US Proper noun en Greek mythology A youth who spurned the love of Echo and fell in love with his own reflection in a pool: in some versions of the myth, he drowned trying to reach it, while in others he sat fixated until a god took pity and transformed him into a flower. en 1982 Carl G. Vaught The Quest for Wholeness 25 http://books.google.com/books?id=EA4iF1ApJmAC&pg=PA25&dq=%22Narcissus%22+-intitle:%22Narcissus%22&hl=en&ei=P5umTuK2BI_NmQXf4aC5Dw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDAQ6AEwATh4#v=onepage&q=%22Narcissus%22%20-intitle%3A%22Narcissus%22&f=false At the beginning of his narrative, Ishmael mentions Narcissus, the legendary character who plunged into the water and was drowned in the attempt to grasp his own essence (p. 14). Narcissus was unwilling to understand the relationship between himself and “the ungraspable phantom of life” in gradualistic terms and sought to bring that relationship to immediate closure, thus annihilating himself. en 1994 Ronald Bogue; Mihai Spariosu The Play of the Self http://books.google.com/books?id=hZQPVjxf2RkC&pg=PA34&dq=%22Narcissus%22+-intitle:%22Narcissus%22&hl=en&ei=7q2mToegO-6viQf8tuz7DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDAQ6AEwATjcAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Narcissus%22%20-intitle%3A%22Narcissus%22&f=false 34 We may now affirm that Plato's cave is inhabited by Narcissus. He already knows, but the knowledge he possesses is still a bit confused, obscure (this knowledge is situated in the caves of the memory, a dark space much like Narcissus’s place). en 1999 Mieke Bal Quoting Caravaggio: Contemporary Art, Preposterous History 237 http://books.google.com/books?id=S9TMI2IYqU4C&pg=PA237&dq=%22Narcissus%22+-intitle:%22Narcissus%22&hl=en&ei=knemTv67Ho_JmQX66oy0Dw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22Narcissus%22%20-intitle%3A%22Narcissus%22&f=false Narcissus, as the myth has it, died because, unlike Lacan's child, he did not recognize himself; nor did he perceive the mirror for what it was: a boundary between reality and fiction.15 Derived terms en Narcissan narcissist narcissize Related terms en narcissism en Narcissus complex Translations mythical youth Catalan: ca Narcís m Czech: cs Narkissos m Dutch: nl Narcissus m French: fr Narcisse German: de Narziss Greek: el Νάρκισσος m Ancient Greek: grc Νάρκισσος m Inuktitut: iu ᓇᕐᓯᔅᓱᔅ Italian: it Narciso Polish: pl Narcyz m Portuguese: pt Narciso m Romanian: ro Narcis m Russian: ru Нарци́сс m Spanish: es Narciso Ukrainian: uk Нарци́с m Dutch Alternative forms nl Narcis obsolete Etymology Borrowed from nl la Narcissus, from nl grc Νάρκισσος. Pronunciation nl /ˌnɑrˈsɪ.sʏs/ nl Nar cis sus Proper noun m nl Greek mythology en Narcissus Related terms nl narcis nl narcist Latin Etymology la Narcissus :bor grc:Νάρκισσος + 1 Pronunciation Proper noun Narcissus<2> en Narcissus, a figure from Greek mythology Declension Narcissus<2>