κροκύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κρέκω (krékō, “weave”, verb).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κροκῠ́ς • (krokús) f (genitive κροκῠ́δος, diminutive κροκῠ́δῐον); third declension

  1. a flock or nap on woollen cloth, a piece of wool
    Synonym: κρόκη f (krókē)
    • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.8
    • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, The Runaways 28
    • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Prognostics 4
    • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Sulla 35
    • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Characters 2.3:
      κροκύδα ἀφαιρεῖν
      krokúda aphaireîn
      typical of a flatterer
    • 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, Fragments 651, (metaphorically):
      ἀνήσω κροκύδα μαστιγουμένη
      anḗsō krokúda mastigouménē

Declension
Third declension of ἡ κροκῠ́ς; τῆς κροκῠ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κροκῠ́ς
hē krokús		 τὼ κροκῠ́δε
tṑ krokúde		 αἱ κροκῠ́δες
hai krokúdes
Genitive τῆς κροκῠ́δος
tês krokúdos		 τοῖν κροκῠ́δοιν
toîn krokúdoin		 τῶν κροκῠ́δων
tôn krokúdōn
Dative τῇ κροκῠ́δῐ
têi krokúdi		 τοῖν κροκῠ́δοιν
toîn krokúdoin		 ταῖς κροκῠ́σῐ / κροκῠ́σῐν
taîs krokúsi(n)
Accusative τὴν κροκῠ́δᾰ
tḕn krokúda		 τὼ κροκῠ́δε
tṑ krokúde		 τᾱ̀ς κροκῠ́δᾰς
tā̀s krokúdas
Vocative κροκῠ́ς
krokús		 κροκῠ́δε
krokúde		 κροκῠ́δες
krokúdes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms
  • κροκῠδολογέω (krokudologéō, “pick loose flocks off a garment”, verb)
  • κροκῠδῐ́ζω (krokudízō, “pick loose flocks off a garment”, verb)
  • κροκῠδῐσμός m (krokudismós, “picking of flocks”, noun)
  • κροκῠ̀ς ἑδρῐκή f (krokùs hedrikḗ, “suppository”, noun)

Descendants
  • ⇒ Translingual: Crocidura
  • ⇒ English: crocidolite
  • Greek: κροκύδα (krokýda)

Further reading
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