crocum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →crocus, croci:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Calepinus
- Age:
- Medieval
saffron;
acc. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →croca, crocae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
filament of crocus/saffron stamen;
gen. pl. - 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);
acc. sg.gen. pl. - 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;
acc. sg.gen. pl. - 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);
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...aliter rubeat ignis, aliter sanguis, aliter ostrum, aliter crocum, aliter aurum, has singulas rufi varietates Latina oratio singulis..."Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...sapientiorem putas qui invenit quemadmodum in immensam altitudinem crocum latentibus fistulis exprimat, qui euripos subito aquarum impetu implet..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...omniaque poma etiam minima vexatione contacta coeperunt effundere crocum, et usque ad nos molestus umor accedere. Rati ergo..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...undis: Crediderim nymphas hac ego veste tegi. Ille crocum simulat: croceo velatur amictu, Roscida luciferos cum dea iungit..."FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...Corycum urbem, inclitam portu atque nemore, in quo crocum gignitur. Fessus in Pamphyliam se receperat. Omnis, qui circum..."
