Narcissus

Meaning

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.

Translations

Narcissus

Narcissus

Narcissus

Νάρκισσος

Narcissus

Frequency

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Etymology

From Latin Narcissus, from Ancient Greek Νάρκισσος (Nárkissos, “Narcissus”).

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