narcissus

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He was pale as a narcissus, and his body was like honey The son of the Praefect slew himself in my honour, and the Tetrarch of Cilicia scourged himself for my pleasure before my slaves The King of Hierapolis who is a priest and a robber set carpets for me to walk on Sometimes I sit in the circus and the gladiators fight beneath me.

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  1. noun Any of several widely cultivated bulbous plants of the genus Narcissus, having long narrow leaves and usually white or yellow flowers characterized by a cup-shaped or trumpet-shaped central crown.

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  1. Latin, from Greek narkissos (influenced by narkē, numbness, from its narcotic properties).

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  1. = French narcisse = Spanish narciso = Portuguese Italian narcisso, from Latin narcissus = Persian nargis = Greek νάρκισσ, σ1ος, a plant, a narcissus, so called from its narcotic qualities, from νάρκη, numbness, torpor: see narcotic.
 

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/nɑrˈsɪsəs/
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