κρόκος

See also: κροκός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A Semitic loanword. Compare Akkadian 𒌑𒆪𒄀𒆸𒈾 (/kurkanū/), Arabic كُرْكُم‎ (kúrkum), and Hebrew Hebrew כרכום‎ (karkom).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κρόκος • (krókos) m (genitive κρόκου); second declension

  1. saffron, Crocus sativus
  2. saffron (dye)
  3. yolk (of an egg)
    Antonym: λευκόν (leukón)

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ κρόκος; τοῦ κρόκου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κρόκος
ho krókos		 τὼ κρόκω
tṑ krókō		 οἱ κρόκοι
hoi krókoi
Genitive τοῦ κρόκου
toû krókou		 τοῖν κρόκοιν
toîn krókoin		 τῶν κρόκων
tôn krókōn
Dative τῷ κρόκῳ
tôi krókōi		 τοῖν κρόκοιν
toîn krókoin		 τοῖς κρόκοις
toîs krókois
Accusative τὸν κρόκον
tòn krókon		 τὼ κρόκω
tṑ krókō		 τοὺς κρόκους
toùs krókous
Vocative κρόκε
króke		 κρόκω
krókō		 κρόκοι
krókoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • κρόκινος (krókinos)
  • κρόκος λευκός (krókos leukós, “Crocus cancellatus”)
  • κρόκος ἀκανθώδης (krókos akanthṓdēs, “safflower”)

Descendants

Further reading
  • κρόκος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • κρόκος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • κρόκος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • κρόκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • κρόκος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • κρόκος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρόκος (krókos).

Noun

κρόκος • (krókos) m (plural κρόκοι)

  1. yolk, egg yolk
    κρόκος αυγού ― krókos avgoú ― egg yolk
  2. (botany) crocus
  3. (herb) saffron

Declension
declension of κρόκος
singular plural
nominative κρόκος • κρόκοι •
genitive κρόκου • κρόκων •
accusative κρόκο • κρόκους •
vocative κρόκε • κρόκοι •

Synonyms
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