κροκύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κρέκω (krékō, “weave”, verb).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κροκῠ́ς • (krokŭ́s) f (genitive κροκῠ́δος, diminutive κροκῠ́δῐον); third declension

  1. a flock or nap on woollen cloth, a piece of wool
    Synonym: κρόκη f (krókē)
    • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.8
    • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, The Runaways 28
    • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, Prognostics 4
    • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Sulla 35
    • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Characters 2.3:
      κροκύδα ἀφαιρεῖν
      krokúda aphaireîn
      typical of a flatterer
    • 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, Fragments 651, (metaphorically):
      ἀνήσω κροκύδα μαστιγουμένη
      anḗsō krokúda mastigouménē
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κροκῠ́ς; τῆς κροκῠ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κροκῠ́ς
hē krokŭ́s 		τὼ κροκῠ́δε
tṑ krokŭ́de 		αἱ κροκῠ́δες
hai krokŭ́des
Genitive τῆς κροκῠ́δος
tês krokŭ́dos 		τοῖν κροκῠ́δοιν
toîn krokŭ́doin 		τῶν κροκῠ́δων
tôn krokŭ́dōn
Dative τῇ κροκῠ́δῐ
tēî krokŭ́dĭ 		τοῖν κροκῠ́δοιν
toîn krokŭ́doin 		ταῖς κροκῠ́σῐ / κροκῠ́σῐν
taîs krokŭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν κροκῠ́δᾰ
tḕn krokŭ́dă 		τὼ κροκῠ́δε
tṑ krokŭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς κροκῠ́δᾰς
tā̀s krokŭ́dăs
Vocative κροκῠ́ς
krokŭ́s 		κροκῠ́δε
krokŭ́de 		κροκῠ́δες
krokŭ́des
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

  • κροκῠδῐ́ζω (krokŭdĭ́zō, “pick loose flocks off a garment”, verb)
  • κροκῠδῐσμός m (krokŭdĭsmós, “picking of flocks”, noun)
  • κροκῠδολογέω (krokŭdologéō, “pick loose flocks off a garment”, verb)
  • κροκῠ̀ς ἑδρῐκή f (krokŭ̀s hedrĭkḗ, “suppository”, noun)

Descendants

  • ⇒ Translingual: Crocidura
  • ⇒ English: crocidolite
  • Greek: κροκύδα (krokýda)

Further reading

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