κρόκη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, heterocl. acc.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[κρόκα]] Hes.''Op.''538, nom. pl. κρόκες ''AP''6.335 (Antip.): nom. [[κρόξ]] only in [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]: ([[κρέκω]]):—[[thread which is passed between the threads of the warp]], [[woof]], Hes. [[l.c.]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.35, Pl. ''Plt.''282d, 282e, ''Cra.''388b; κ. καὶ στήμων ''PLille''6.12 (iii B. C.); νῶσαι μαλθακωτάτην κ. Eup.319, cf. Men.892; κρόκας ἐμβάλλειν [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]'' 623a11.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[thread]], Hp.''Morb.''2.18, Luc.''Nav.''26, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> = [[κροκύς]], [[flock]] or [[nap]] of [[woollen]] [[cloth]], <b class="b3">ἐν Ἐκβατάνοισι γίγνεται κρόκης χόλιξ</b>; Ar.''V.''1144: pl., <b class="b3">μαλακαῖσι κρόκαις</b> with [[cloth]]s of [[soft]] [[wool]], Pi.''N.'' 10.44; [[κρόκαισι]] = [[with flocks of wool]], S.''OC''474; <b class="b3">τρίβωνες ἐκβαλόντες… κρόκας</b> having lost [[the nap]], worn out, E.''Fr.''282.12; <b class="b3">τῆς κ. φορουμένης</b> the [[wool]] being torn to pieces, Ar.''Lys.''896, cf. ''Th.''738; <b class="b3">κρόκη θαψίνη</b> [[yellow]] [[wool]], IG12.330.17.<br><span class="bld">II</span> = [[κροκάλη]], [[pebble]] on the sea-shore, Arist.''Mech.''852b29; <b class="b3">ἐν κρόκῃσι</b> on the [[pebble]]s of the [[shore]], Lyc.107, 193, etc.