κρόκη

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kró.kɛː/ → /ˈkro.ci/ → /ˈkro.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kró.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkro.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkro.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkro.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkro.ci/

Etymology 1

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.

Alternative forms

• κρόξ (króx)

Noun

κρόκη • (krókē) f (genitive κρόκης); first declension

1. thread which is passed between the threads of the warp, woof
2. (in general) thread

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κρόκη; τῆς κρόκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

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.

Alternative forms

• κροκάλη (krokálē)

Noun

κρόκη • (krókē) f (genitive κρόκης); first declension

1. pebble on the seashore

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κρόκη; τῆς κρόκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “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