Croceus

See also: croceus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

A calque of Literary Chinese 黃河 (Huánghé).

Proper noun

Croceus m sg (genitive Croceī); second declension

  1. Yellow River, Huang He (a major river in northern China, passing through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong provinces as well as Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Croceus
genitive Croceī
dative Croceō
accusative Croceum
ablative Croceō
vocative Crocee