croceus

See also: Croceus

Latin

Alternative forms

  • crocceus

Etymology

From crocum (“saffron”) +‎ -eus (“-eous”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

croceus (feminine crocea, neuter croceum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational) saffron
    • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia X.LXVIII.134:
      […] , et praecipua sapore lagopus. Pedes leporino villo nomen hoc dedere cetero candidae, columbarum magnitudine. Non extra terram eam vesci facile, quando nec vita mansuescit et corpus ocissime marcescit. Est et alia nomine eodem, a coturnicibus magnitudine tantum differens, croceo unctu cibis gratissima.
      […] , the lagopus (ptarmigan) is of culinary notice too. It derives its name from the appearance of its feet, they seem to be covered with hare's fur, it is otherwise white and the size of a dove. It is no easy task having them from their native country to our plate, as they would be taken lifeless and their body wither but too fast. Another bird is known by this name, only different from the quail by its size, it makes for a delicious dish with saffron sauce.
  2. yellow, golden
    • c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgics 4.109–111:
      Invitent croceis [apes] halantes floribus horti
      Et custos furum atque avium cum falce saligna
      Hellespontiaci servet tutela Priapi.
      May gardens, fragrant with golden flower, lure them [the bees] and Hellespontian Priap with his willow scythe the robbing bee and the birds keep away.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative croceus crocea croceum croceī croceae crocea
genitive croceī croceae croceī croceōrum croceārum croceōrum
dative croceō croceae croceō croceīs
accusative croceum croceam croceum croceōs croceās crocea
ablative croceō croceā croceō croceīs
vocative crocee crocea croceum croceī croceae crocea

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Italian: croceo
  • → Portuguese: cróceo

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)      niger, āter, piceus, furvus
             ruber, rūbidus, rubēns, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)              flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, aurātilis blondinus (ML.)
             galbus, galbinus, lūridus              viridis              prasinus
             cȳaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)              glaucus; līvidus; venetus
             violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)              ostrīnus, amethystīnus              purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References

  • “croceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “croceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "croceus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “croceus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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