"crocus" meaning in Latin

See crocus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkro.kus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈkrɔkʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈkro.kus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈkrɔːkus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κρόκος (krókos, “crocus”). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|κρόκος|t=crocus}} Ancient Greek κρόκος (krókos, “crocus”) Head templates: {{la-noun|crocus<2>}} crocus m (genitive crocī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|crocus<2>}} Forms: crocī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], crocus [nominative, singular], crocī [nominative, plural], crocī [genitive, singular], crocōrum [genitive, plural], crocō [dative, singular], crocīs [dative, plural], crocum [accusative, singular], crocōs [accusative, plural], crocō [ablative, singular], crocīs [ablative, plural], croce [singular, vocative], crocī [plural, vocative], crocum [alternative]
  1. crocus, saffron Tags: declension-2, masculine Categories (topical): Spices and herbs Categories (lifeform): Flowers

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        }
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      "text": "Galician: croque"
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        }
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      "text": "Italian: croco"
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      "text": "→ Czech: krokus"
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      "text": "→ English: crocus"
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Finnish: krookus",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Finnish: krookus"
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            "bor": "1"
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      "text": "→ French: crocus"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "expansion": "→ German: Krokus",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ German: Krokus"
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
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          "expansion": "→ Icelandic: krókus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Icelandic: krókus"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "krokus",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Norwegian: krokus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian: krokus"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "expansion": "→ Polish: krokus",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Polish: krokus"
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: croco",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: croco"
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "кро́кус",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Russian: кро́кус (krókus)"
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sl",
            "2": "krokus",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Slovene: krokus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Slovene: krokus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "croco",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: croco",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: croco"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "krokus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: krokus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: krokus"
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "mul",
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Crocus",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Translingual: Crocus"
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        "genitive"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "crocīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crocum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crocōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crocō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crocīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "croce",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crocī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "crocum",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "crocus<2>"
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      "name": "la-ndecl"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
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          "source": "w"
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
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          "orig": "la:Flowers",
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            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
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            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
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          "#English"
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        "masculine"
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      "ipa": "/ˈkro.kus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkrɔkʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkro.kus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkrɔːkus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "crocus"
}
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            "3": "gruèc"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: gròc, gruèc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: gròc, gruèc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "groc"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: groc\n→? English: grog\n→ Gallurese: grogu\n→ Sardinian: grogu\n→ Sassarese: grogu",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "cròc"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: cròc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: cròc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "croque"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: croque",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: croque"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "croco"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: croco",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: croco"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "crocus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: crocus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: crocus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "krokus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: krokus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: krokus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "krokus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: krokus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: krokus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "crocus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: crocus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: crocus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "krookus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: krookus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: krookus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "crocus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: crocus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: crocus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Krokus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Krokus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Krokus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "krókus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Icelandic: krókus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Icelandic: krókus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "krokus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian: krokus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian: krokus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "krokus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: krokus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: krokus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "croco",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: croco",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: croco"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "кро́кус",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: кро́кус (krókus)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: кро́кус (krókus)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sl",
            "2": "krokus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Slovene: krokus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Slovene: krokus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "croco",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: croco",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: croco"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "krokus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: krokus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: krokus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Crocus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Crocus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: Crocus"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κρόκος",
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      "name": "bor"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "crocī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crocus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crocī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crocī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crocōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crocō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crocīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crocum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crocōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crocō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crocīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "croce",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crocī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crocum",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "crocus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "crocus m (genitive crocī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "crocus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin second declension nouns",
        "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "la:Flowers",
        "la:Spices and herbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "crocus, saffron"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crocus",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "saffron",
          "saffron"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkro.kus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkrɔkʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkro.kus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkrɔːkus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "crocus"
}

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