κρόκη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, heterocl. acc. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> κρόκα <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>538</span>, nom. pl. κρόκες <span class="title">AP</span>6.335 (Antip.): nom. κρόξ only in Hsch.: (κρέκω):—<b class="b2">thread which is passed between the threads of the warp, woof</b>, Hes. l.c., <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.35</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Plt.</span>282d</span>, <span class="bibl">282e</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cra.</span>388b</span>; κ. καὶ στήμων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLille</span>6.12</span> (iii B. C.); νῶσαι μαλθακωτάτην κ. <span class="bibl">Eup.319</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Men.892</span>; κρόκας ἐμβάλλειν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span> 623a11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[thread]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.</span>2.18</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nav.</span>26</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> = [[κροκύς]], [[flock]] or [[nap of woollen cloth]], <b class="b3">ἐν Ἐκβατάνοισι γίγνεται κρόκης χόλιξ</b>; <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1144</span>: pl., <b class="b3">μαλακαῖσι κρόκαις</b> [[with cloths of]] soft [[wool]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span> 10.44</span>; <b class="b3">κρόκαισι</b> [[with flocks of wool]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>474</span>; <b class="b3">τρίβωνες ἐκβαλόντες… κρόκας</b> having lost [[the nap]], worn out, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>282.12</span>; <b class="b3">τῆς κ. φορουμένης</b> [[the wool]] being torn to pieces, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>896</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>738</span>; <b class="b3">κρόκη θαψίνη</b> yellow [[wool]], IG12.330.17. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[κροκάλη]], [[pebble]] on the sea-shore, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mech.</span>852b29</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν κρόκῃσι</b> on [[the pebbles of the shore]], Lyc.107, 193, etc.</span>

|etymtx=1<br />Meaning: [[thread of the woof]]<br />See also: s. [[κρέκω]].<br />2<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">rounded gravel-stone on the seashore</b> (Arist., Lyc.); earlier attested <b class="b3">κροκάλαι</b> pl. (E. IA 210 [lyr.], AP, Agath.); unclear <b class="b3">κροκάλην</b> acc. sg. (AP 7, 294; adj.?).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Since Curtius 144 connected with Skt. <b class="b2">śárkarā</b> f. [[grit]], [[gravel]], which may agree in suffix with <b class="b3">κροκάλη</b>. Pok. 625 considers transposition from <b class="b3">*κορκ-</b> (= Skt. <b class="b2">śark-</b>) after <b class="b3">κρόκη</b> [[woof-thread]]. - Not better Charpentier ZDMG 73, 149f.: to Skt. <b class="b2">kŕ̥śanam</b> n. [[pearle]] (cf. Mayrhofer KEWA s. v.). - Cf. <b class="b3">κροκόδιλος</b> and <b class="b3">σάκχαρ</b>.