Word Summary
Narkissos: Narcissus, a Roman
Original Word: ΝάρκισσοςTransliteration: Narkissos
Phonetic Spelling: (nar'-kis-sos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: Narcissus, a Roman
Meaning: Narcissus -- a Roman
Strong's Concordance
Narcissus.
A flower of the same name, from narke (stupefaction, as a "narcotic"); Narcissus, a Roman -- Narcissus.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3488: ΝάρκισσοςΝάρκισσος,
Ναρκίσσου,
ὁ,
Narcissus (i. e. 'daffodil'), a Roman mentioned in
Romans 16:11, whom many interpreters without good reason suppose to be the noted freedman of the emperor Claudius (
Suetonius, Claudius 28;
Tacitus, ann. 11, 29f; 12, 57 etc.) (cf.
Lightfoot on Philip., p. 175); in opposition to this opinion cf.
Winers RWB, under the word; Rüetschi in
Herzog x., 202f; (
B. D., under the word).