narcissum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →narcissus, narcissi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
narcissus (flower); son of Cephisus and Liriope; rich freedman of Claudius;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
- G
Divus Claudius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...saepe inter duos consules ambulabat; sed ante omnis Narcissum ab epistulis et Pallantem a rationibus, quos decreto quoque..." 
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...gaesa sagittas. tu quoque praeclarum forma, Cephise, dedisses Narcissum, sed Thespiacis iam pallet in agris trux puer; orbata..."- P
Ecloga II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...candida Nais, pallentis violas et summa papavera carpens, narcissum et florem iungit bene olentis anethi; tum casia atque..." - P
Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...herbam cresceret in ventrem cucumis; nec sera comantem narcissum aut flexi tacuissem vimen acanthi pallentesque hederas et amantes..." - P
Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...loquendi ingeminat voces auditaque verba reportat. ergo ubi Narcissum per devia rura vagantem vidit et incaluit, sequitur vestigia..." - P
Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...exterritis. simul Agrippina trepidatione principis usa ministrum operis Narcissum incusat cupidinis ac praedarum. nec ille reticet, impotentiam muliebrem..." - P
Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...adstabat, an comperisset interrogat, atque illa adnuente cieri Narcissum postulat. is veniam in praeteritum petens quod ei Vettios..."