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κρόκος , , Str.14.5.5),
A.saffron, Crocus sativus, Il.14.348, h.Cer. 6, Hippon.41, S.OC685 (lyr.), Cratin.98 (pl.), A.R.3.855, cf. Thphr. HP4.3.1, al., Dsc.1.26, etc.
b. κ. λευκός, C. cancellatus, Thphr.HP 7.7.4.
2. saffron (made from its stigmas), Ar.Nu.51, etc.; “κρόκου βαφάςA.Ag.239 (lyr.); κ. Ἀραβικός Edict.Diocl.in “Ἀθηνᾶ18.6.
3. saffron meadow, Eust.1698.30.
4. σὺν κρόκῳ ᾠῶν yolk of egg, Alex.Trall.1.1: pl., “ᾠῶν τὰ κρόκαPaul.Aeg.3.78.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 18.6
    • Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 239
    • Homer, Iliad, 14.348
    • Homeric Hymns, Hymn 2 to Demeter, 6
    • Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, 685
    • Strabo, Geography, 14.5.5
    • Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 3.855
    • Aristophanes, Clouds, 51
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