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.]], 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 Arist.''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 cloths 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 pebbles of the shore]], Lyc.107, 193, etc.