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† narcē, ēs, f., = νάρκη, a numbness, torpor: a narce narcissus dictus, non a fabuloso puero, Plin. 21, 19, 75, § 128.

† narcissĭnus, a, um, adj., = ναρκίσσινος, of or from the narcissus, narcissus-: oleum, Plin. 21, 19, 75, § 129: unguentum, id. 13, 1, 2, § 6.

† narcissītis, ĭdis, f., = ναρκισσῖτις, a precious stone, otherwise unknown, Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 188.

1. narcissus, i, m., = νάρκισσος, the narcissus, Plin. 21, 5, 12, § 25; 21, 19, 75, § 128; Verg. E. 5, 38; id. G. 4, 123; 160.

2. Narcissus, i, m.,

I. Narcissus, the son of Cephisus and the nymph Liriope. He was exceedingly beautiful, and fell so violently in love with himself on beholding his image in a fountain, that he wasted away with desire, until he was changed into the flower of the same name, Ov. M. 3, 407 sq.
II. Narcissus, a freedman of Claudius, by whose orders Messalina was put to death, Tac. A. 11, 29 sqq.; Juv. 14, 329.

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