See also: κροκός

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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κρόκος (krókosm (genitive κρόκου); second declension

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

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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

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  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

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  • 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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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κρόκος (krókosm (plural κρόκοι)

  1. yolk, egg yolk
    κρόκος αβγούkrókos avgoúegg yolk
  2. (botany) crocus
  3. (herb) saffron
    Synonym: ζαφορά f (zaforá)

Declension

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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)

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