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See also: Croceus

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From crocum (saffron) +‎ -eus (-eous: forming adj.)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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croceus (feminine crocea, neuter croceum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational) saffron
  2. yellow, golden

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative croceus crocea croceum croceī croceae crocea
genitive croceī croceae croceī croceōrum croceārum croceōrum
dative croceō croceae croceō croceīs
accusative croceum croceam croceum croceōs croceās crocea
ablative croceō croceā croceō croceīs
vocative crocee crocea croceum croceī croceae crocea

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Italian: croceo
  • Portuguese: cróceo

See also

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Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeusgrīseus (ML. or NL.)      niger, āter, piceus, furvus
             ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceusmurrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)              flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
             galbus, galbinus, lūridus              viridis              prasinus
             cȳaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)              glaucus; līvidus; venetus
             violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)              ostrīnus, amethystīnus              purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References

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  • croceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • croceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • croceus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • croceus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.