κρόκη
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kró.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkro.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkro.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkro.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkro.ci/
Etymology 1
[edit]From κρέκω (krékō, “to weave”) + -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix). The former is from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“to weave”), see also Serbo-Croatian kresati, English reel.[1][2]
Alternative forms
[edit]- κρόξ (króx)
Noun
[edit]κρόκη • (krókē) f (genitive κρόκης); first declension
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κρόκη hē krókē |
τὼ κρόκᾱ tṑ krókā |
αἱ κρόκαι hai krókai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κρόκης tês krókēs |
τοῖν κρόκαιν toîn krókain |
τῶν κροκῶν tôn krokôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κρόκῃ têi krókēi |
τοῖν κρόκαιν toîn krókain |
ταῖς κρόκαις taîs krókais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κρόκην tḕn krókēn |
τὼ κρόκᾱ tṑ krókā |
τᾱ̀ς κρόκᾱς tā̀s krókās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κρόκη krókē |
κρόκᾱ krókā |
κρόκαι krókai | ||||||||||
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Etymology 2
[edit]Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂, and related to Sanskrit शर्कर (śarkara, “pebble, gravel; later, sugar”) or कृशन (kṛśana, “pearl”), though Beekes is doubtful.[3]
Alternative forms
[edit]- κροκάλη (krokálē)
Noun
[edit]κρόκη • (krókē) f (genitive κρόκης); first declension
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κρόκη hē krókē |
τὼ κρόκᾱ tṑ krókā |
αἱ κρόκαι hai krókai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κρόκης tês krókēs |
τοῖν κρόκαιν toîn krókain |
τῶν κροκῶν tôn krokôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κρόκῃ têi krókēi |
τοῖν κρόκαιν toîn krókain |
ταῖς κρόκαις taîs krókais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κρόκην tḕn krókēn |
τὼ κρόκᾱ tṑ krókā |
τᾱ̀ς κρόκᾱς tā̀s krókās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κρόκη krókē |
κρόκᾱ krókā |
κρόκαι krókai | ||||||||||
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References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κρόκη 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 781
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “reel”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κρόκη 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 782
Further reading
[edit]- “κρόκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κρόκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
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- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η (o-grade)
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek first-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
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