croceus

See also: Croceus

Latin

Alternative forms

• crocceus

Etymology

From crocum (“saffron”) +‎ -eus (“-eous: forming adj.”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkro.ke.us/, [ˈkrɔkeʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkro.t͡ʃe.us/, [ˈkrɔːt͡ʃeus]

Adjective

croceus (feminine crocea, neuter croceum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) saffron
2. yellow, golden

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	croceus	crocea	croceum		croceī	croceae	crocea
Genitive	croceī	croceae	croceī		croceōrum	croceārum	croceōrum
Dative	croceō		croceō		croceīs
Accusative	croceum	croceam	croceum		croceōs	croceās	crocea
Ablative	croceō	croceā	croceō		croceīs
Vocative	crocee	crocea	croceum		croceī	croceae	crocea

Derived terms

• Croceus

Descendants

• Italian: croceo
• Portuguese: cróceo

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)	glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)	niger, āter, piceus, furvus
ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius	rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)	flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
galbus, galbinus, lūridus	viridis	prasinus
cȳaneus	caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)	glaucus; līvidus; venetus
violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)	ostrīnus, amethystīnus	purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References

• “croceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “croceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• croceus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• croceus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.