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1 κάγκαμον
Grammatical information: n.Meaning: name of `the resin of an oriental tree' (Dsc.).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Orient.Etymology: To Arab. kamkām. Not to the word for `saffron', Arab. kurkum, Hebr. karkōm, Akkad. kurkānu, to which Skt. kuṅkumam `id.'; cf. on κρόκος. - From κάγκαμον Lat. cancamum (since Plin.).Page in Frisk: 1,750Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > κάγκαμον
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2 κρόκος
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `saffron, Crocus sativus' (since Ξ 348).Compounds: Compp., e.g. κροκό-πεπλος `with saffroncoloured cloth' (Il.; Treu Von Homer zur Lyrik 244 a. 258, Capelle RhM 101, 1ff. ; 9).Derivatives: Esp. colour-adjective: κρόκεος `saffroncoloured' (P. [v. l. - όεις], E. in lyr.), -ήϊος `id' (h. Oer. 178; metr. conditioned; Schmid - εος u. - ειος 48, Zumbach Neuerungen 14), - όεις `id.' (Tyrt., Sapph., E., Ar.; Treu 268); κρόκινος `of saffron, s-coloured' (Stratt., hell.), - ώδης `id.' (Dsc., medic.), - ηρός `of saffron' (Gal.; after οἰνηρός etc. ; Chantraine Formation 233) ; κροκίας m. `saffron-yellow stone' (Plu. ; as καπνίας etc.; Chantraine 94) ; κροκω-τός `saffron-yellow (Pi.), m. `saffron cloth' (corn., Att. inscr.) with - ώτιον (Poll.), - ωτίδιον (Ar.), - ώτινος (pap.); κροκών m. `saffron-bed' (Hdn.); κροκᾶτον n. `saffron-yellow pergament' ( Edict. Diocl. Asin.; from Lat. crocātus, s. below). -- Denomin. verbs: κροκίζω `be saffron-like' (Dsc., Plu.), κροκόομαι (κισσῳ̃) `be surrounded with saffroncoloured ivy' (AP).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Sem.Etymology: Identical with the Semitisc word for `saffron', e.g. Akkad. kurkanū, Arab. kurkum, Hebr. karkōm, and with Skt. kuṅku-mam `id.' (MInd. for * kurkuma-); origin further unknown; cf. the mountain Κώρυκος (Cilicia) famous for its saffron? - From κρόκος Lat. crocus, also crocōta f. `saffron- cloth' (from κροκωτός) and crocōtinum `saffron cake' (: κροκώτινος); Lat. innovation crocātus `saffron-yellow' (\> gr. κροκᾶτον, s. above). -- Lewy Fremdw. 48, Schrader-Nehring Reallexikon 2, 270f., Grimme Glotta 14, 19; alo Mayrhofer KEWA s. kuṅkumam. - Another word is κάγκαμον, s. v.Page in Frisk: 2,23Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > κρόκος
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crocus — noun (plural crocuses) Etymology: Middle English, the saffron plant, from Latin, from Greek krokos, of Semitic origin; akin to Akkadian kurkānū saffron Date: 14th century 1. a. plural also crocus or … New Collegiate Dictionary
κρόκος — (Βοτ.). Βολβόρριζη πόα της οικογένειας των ιριδιδών (μονοκοτυλήδονα), η επιστημονική ονομασία της οποίας είναι Crocus sativus. Έχει κονδυλώδη βολβό, από τον οποίο εκφύονται 6 10 στενά, επιμήκη, πράσινα φύλλα, συγχρόνως με τα άνθη. Τα άνθη, 1 2… … Dictionary of Greek
