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κρόκη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κρόκη

Structure: κροκ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: also (as if from a nom. Kro/c) heterocl. acc. kro/ka, nom. pl. kro/kes Anth.:

Sense

  1. the thread which is passed between the threads of the warp, tela, the woof or weft
  2. the flock or nap of woollen cloth, cloth with curly nap, with cloths of, wool, with flocks of wool

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • λαμπροὶ δ’ ἐν ἥβῃ καὶ πόλεωσ ἀγάλματα φοιτῶσ1’ ὅταν δὲ προσπέσῃ γῆρασ πικρόν, τρίβωνεσ ἐκβαλόντεσ οἴχονται κρόκασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 5 1:4)
  • ποιητὴσ δέ τισ ἐπὶ τῶν θεριζόντων τῆμοσ ὅτ’ αἰζηοὶ Δημήτερα κωλοτομεῦσιν οὐδὲν γὰρ οὗτοι διαφέρουσι τῶν ἱστία καὶ κάλουσ καὶ ἄγκυραν ἡγουμένων κυβερνήτην, καὶ νήματα καὶ κρόκασ ὑφάντην καὶ σπονδεῖον ἢ μελίκρατον ἢ πτισάνην ἰατρόν· (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 66 4:3)
  • σὲ ἔδει φροντίζειν πῶσ ἀνόμοιοσ ᾖσ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ἀνθρώποισ, ὥσπερ οὐδ’ ἡ κρόκη πρὸσ τὰσ ἄλλασ κρόκασ θέλει τι ἔχειν ἐξαίρετον. (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 17:4)
  • γέροντέσ τε γενόμενοι κατὰ τὸν Εὐριπίδην τρίβωνεσ ἐκλιπόντεσ οἴχονται κρόκασ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. b'. SOLWN 12:5)

Synonyms

  1. the flock or nap of woollen cloth

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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