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
- A
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...aliter rubeat ignis, aliter sanguis, aliter ostrum, aliter crocum, aliter aurum, has singulas rufi varietates Latina oratio singulis..." - L
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..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...omniaque poma etiam minima vexatione contacta coeperunt effundere crocum, et usque ad nos molestus umor accedere. Rati ergo..." - P
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..." - G
FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...Corycum urbem, inclitam portu atque nemore, in quo crocum gignitur. Fessus in Pamphyliam se receperat. Omnis, qui circum..."
