croco
Dictionary entries
- Entry →croco, crocare, crocavi, crocatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
dye saffron-yellow;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - Entry →crocus, croci:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Calepinus
- Age:
- Medieval
saffron;
abl. sg.dat. sg. - Entry →crocus, croci:
Feminine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
filament of stamen; yellow anther (stamen part containing pollen/medicinal);
abl. sg.dat. sg. - Entry →crocus, croci:
Common · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
crocus/saffron (Crocus sativus); its oil; saffron-color (L+S); yellow stamens;
abl. sg.dat. sg. - Entry →crocum, croci:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
saffron color/dye/oil/perfume (theater); crocus/saffron (Crocus sativus);; filament of stamen; yellow anther (stamen part containing pollen/medicinal);
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...hominum, cum taetra cadavera torrent, et cum scena croco Cilici perfusa recens est araque Panchaeos exhalat propter odores..."Satura VII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...maiorum umbris tenuem et sine pondere terram spirantisque crocos et in urna perpetuum uer, qui praeceptorem sancti uoluere..."Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...opobalsama dracti, ultima quod curvo quae cadit nura croco; poma quod hiberna maturescentia capsa, arbole quod verna luxuriosus..."Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...quam rubro pulpita nimbo spargere et effuso permaduisse croco? Quam non sensuro dare quadringenta caballo, aureus ut Scorpi..."Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...mordente puella, quod de Corycio quae uenit aura croco; uinea quod primis cum floret cana racemis, gramina quod..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...sustulerunt servi omnes mensas et alias attulerunt, scobemque croco et minio tinctam sparserunt et, quod nunquam ante videram..."
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...aurum; nec non Assyriis pinguescunt robora sucis, pallentique croco strident ardentia mella, spumantesque mero paterae uerguntur et atri..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...comportare iuvat praedas et vivere rapto. vobis picta croco et fulgenti murice vestis, desidiae cordi, iuvat indulgere choreis..."
