Editing Narcissus (mythology) (section)

== Etymology ==
The name Narcissus is of Greek etymology. According to [[Robert S. P. Beekes|R. S. P. Beekes]], "[t]he suffixes [-ισσος] clearly points to a [[Pre-Greek]] word."<ref>[[Robert S. P. Beekes|R. S. P. Beekes]], ''Etymological Dictionary of Greek'', Brill, 2009, p. 997.</ref> The word ''narcissus'' has come to be used for the [[daffodil]], but there is no clarity on whether the flower is named for the myth or the myth for the flower, or if there is any true connection at all. [[Pliny the Elder]] wrote that the plant was named for its fragrance ({{lang|grc|ναρκάω}} {{transliteration|grc|narkao}}, "I grow numb"), not the mythological character. {{Citation needed|reason=baseless historical statement. |date=January 2025}}