κρόκος

See also: κροκός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A Semitic loanword. Compare Akkadian 𒌑𒆪𒄀𒆸𒈾 (/⁠kurkanū⁠/), Arabic كُرْكُم (kurkum), and Hebrew כרכום (karkom).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

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

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

Declension

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
tōî 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

Descendants

  • Greek: κρόκος (krókos)
  • → Latin: crocus (see there for further descendants)
  • → Old Georgian: კროკონი (ḳroḳoni)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κρόκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 782

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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • κρόκος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρόκος (krókos), of ultimately Semitic origin. Doublet of κουρκουμάς (kourkoumás).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾo.kos/
  • Hyphenation: κρό‧κος

Noun

κρόκος • (krókos) m (plural κρόκοι)

  1. yolk, egg yolk
    κρόκος αβγού ― krókos avgoú ― egg yolk
  2. (botany) crocus
  3. (herb) saffron
    Synonym: ζαφορά f (zaforá)

Declension

Declension of κρόκος
singular plural
nominative κρόκος (krókos) κρόκοι (krókoi)
genitive κρόκου (krókou) κρόκων (krókon)
accusative κρόκο (króko) κρόκους (krókous)
vocative κρόκε (króke) κρόκοι (krókoi)

Descendants

  • → Hawaiian: keloko

Further reading

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