Ancient Greek

Noun

κρόκος • ‎(krókos) m ‎(genitive κρόκου); second declension

1. saffron, Crocus sativus
2. saffron (dye)
3. yolk (of an egg)

Inflection

Derived terms

• κρὸκος λευκός ‎(kròkos leukós, “Crocus cancellatus”)
• κρὸκος ἀκανθώδης ‎(kròkos akanthṓdēs, “safflower”)

References

• κρόκος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κρόκος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κρόκος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «κρόκος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «κρόκος» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• κρόκος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • crocus idem, page 185.
  • saffron idem, page 730.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill

Greek

Alternative forms

• κροκός m ‎(krokós)

Noun

κρόκος • ‎(krókos) m ‎(plural κρόκοι)

1. yolk, egg yolk

   κρόκος αυγού‎ ― krókos avgoú ― egg yolk

2. (botany) crocus
3. (herb) saffron

Declension

Synonyms

• (saffron): ζαφορά f ‎(zaforá)