Hyacinthus

American  

[hahy-uh-sin-thuhs] / ˌhaɪ əˈsɪn θəs /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a youth loved but accidentally killed by Apollo: from the youth's blood sprang the hyacinth.

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Hyacinthus British  

/ ˌhaɪəˈsɪnθəs /

noun

1. Greek myth a youth beloved of Apollo and inadvertently killed by him. At the spot where the youth died, Apollo caused a flower to grow

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Hyacinthus

The hyacinth is another flower with a myth attached: Hyacinthus was a Greek youth beloved of Apollo, who killed him accidentally.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 7, 2019

The excellent Arnold Muhren revealed in a match programme that his full name was Arnoldus Johannes Hyacinthus Muehren.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 4, 2011

Juvenal railed bitterly against flirtatious Roman ladies in whose eyes any gladiator, however ugly, was "transformed into a Hyacinthus."

From Time Magazine Archive

This Linus was, like Adonis and Hyacinthus, a type of all lovely young life that dies or is withered before it has borne fruit.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Euripides gives the best account of the festival of Hyacinthus; Apollodorus and Ovid both tell his story.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton