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     κρόξ

    ἡ (только acc. sing. κρόκα и nom. pl. κρόκες) Hes., Anth. = κρόκη См. κροκη 1 и 4

     κρόκα

    acc. к *κρόξ См. κροξ

     κρόκες

    αἱ pl. к *κρόξ См. κροξ

κρόκη, ἡ, heterocl. acc.

A

κρόκα Hes.Op. 538

, nom. pl.

κρόκες AP6.335

(Antip.): nom. [full] κρόξ only in Hsch.: ([etym.] κρέκω):—thread which is passed between the threads of the warp, woof, Hes. l.c., Hdt.2.35, Pl. Plt. 282d, 282e, Cra. 388b;

κ. καὶ στήμων PLille6.12

(iii B. C.);

νῶσαι μαλθακωτάτην κ. Eup.319

, cf. Men.892;

κρόκας ἐμβάλλειν Arist.HA 623a11

.

2 generally, thread, Hp.Morb.2.18, Luc.Nav.26, etc.

3 = κροκύς, flock or nap of woollen cloth, ἐν Ἐκβατάνοισι γίγνεται κρόκης χόλιξ; Ar.V. 1144: pl., μαλακαῖσι κρόκαις with cloths of soft wool, Pi.N. 10.44; κρόκαισι with flocks of wool, S.OC 474; τρίβωνες ἐκβαλόντες.. κρόκας having lost the nap, worn out, E.Fr.282.12; τῆς κ. φορουμένης the wool being torn to pieces, Ar.Lys. 896, cf. Th. 738; κρόκη θαψίνη yellow wool, IG12.330.17.

II = κροκάλη, pebble on the sea-shore, Arist.Mech. 852b29; ἐν κρόκῃσι on the pebbles of the shore, Lyc.107, 193, etc.

κροντᾷ· κατασήπεται, Hsch. [full] κρόξ,

A v. κρόκη. [full] κρόπιον, τό, two-edged axe, Id. (cf. κρώπιον).

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: ` weave, strike a atringed instrument with a plektron', metaph. `give a sound, raise (a song)' (Sapph., Pi., Ar. in lyr., AP).

Other forms: Aor. (late) κρέξαι.

Compounds: rarely with ὑπο-, δια-, συν-.

Derivatives: With κροκ- f. in acc. sg. κρόκ-α (Hes. Op. 538), nom. pl. κρόκ-ες (AP 6, 335), sg. κρόξ only H., Theognost.; further κρόκη (IA.) `thread which is passed between the threads of the warp, woof, (woollen) cloth'. From κρόκη: κρόκιον `woollen band' (Antikl. 13), κροκίς f. `sundew, fly-strap, Drosera' (Apollod. ap. Plin. HN 24, 167), κροκύς f. `flock of wool' (IA.) with κροκύδιον (Gal.), κροκυδίζω `pluck off flocks of wool' (com., Gal.), - ισμός (Gal.); κροκόω `weave, envelop in wooll' (Dionys. ap. St. Byz., Phot.) ; κροκισμός `cloth' (sch.; as from *κροκίζω). - κρεγμός m. `sound of stringed instruments' (Epich., A. R., Poll.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [618] * krek- `strike, also to fasten the cloth'

Etymology: Orig. prob. a term of weaving, κρέκω was also transferred to playing stringed instruments. The present κρέκω is isolated; Germanic has several nouns, that point to such a primary verb: OWNo. hræll m. (\< PGm. *hráhilaz; would be Gr. *κρόκιλος) `staff to fasten the cloth', OE hrēol (\< PGm. *hréhulaz) `reel', NEngl. reel; with grammatical change OE hrægl n. `cloth, garment', OHG hregil n. `indument, spolium'. Also several Balto-Slavic words have been compared: Lith. krẽkles `zerlumpte Kleider, tatters', Latv. krękls `shirt'; Slavic expressions for `strike fire etc.', e. g. Russ. krešú, kresítь; words for `weaving chair(?)', e.g. Russ. krosno; all uncertain or to be rejected, cf. Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. and Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. s. vv. More uncetain combinations in WP. 1, 483 f.

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Grammatical information: f. pl.

Meaning: `stepped copings of parapets' (M 258, 444), `courses, steps of the pyramids' (Hdt. 2, 125); πρό-κροσσοι `ranged in rows, ranks' (Ξ 35, Hdt.).

Compounds: κροσσοί m. pl. `tassels, fringe' (Gal., Poll., H.); δί-κροσσος `double bordered' (Poll., EM) mit δικρόσσια n. pl. (Peripl. M. Rubr.).

Derivatives: Diminut. κροσσίον (Hdn.); also as plant-name (Ps.-Dsc.); also κροσσωτός `with fringes' (LXX, Lyc., Plu.), `with steps' (Lyc. 291?; v. l. κορσ-).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Technical expression of unknown origin. Since Bezzenberger BB 12, 239 and Trautmann Balt.-slav. Wb. 139 κρόσσαι from *κροκ-ι̯αι is connected with some Balto-Slavic words for `bar, rod, rafters', e.g. Lith. krãkė `rod, staff' (formally = κρόσσα), krẽklas `rafters', Russ. krókva `bar, club, rafters' (old u-stem); MHG ragen `rise up, stand out' (Zupitza Die germ. Gutt. 122) can be explained in diff. ways. More forms in Pok. 619, Fraenkel Wb. and Vasmer Wb. s. vv. - Compared with the rare and late κροσσοί κροσσωτός, which seems derived from it, is attested much earlier and better. It is therefore suggested that κροσσωτός (and δίκροσσοι with δικρόσσια?) were formed to κρόσσαι (after θυσανωτός; cf. also κνισωτός: κνίση etc.) with transfer from architecture to tailor-work; from there again as backformation the formally difficult κροσσοί. Or comes the expression originally from weaving, to κρόξ, κρόκ-η `woof-thread' (s. κρέκω)? - Fur. 257 connects κόρση (?).

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