croceus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From crocum (“saffron”) +‎ -eus (“-eous: forming adj.”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. (relational) saffron
  2. yellow, golden

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative croceus crocea croceum croceī croceae crocea
Genitive croceī croceae croceī croceōrum croceārum croceōrum
Dative croceō 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, 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, 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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