κρόκη, ἡ,
irregular accusative [[ κρόκα {8-7th c.BC}: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 538 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], nominative plural [[ κρόκες “AP” 6.335 ] Refs] (Antip.): nominative κρόξ only in [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus: (κρέκω)] Refs 5th c.AD+]:—thread which is passed between the threads of the warp, woof, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus [same place], 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.35, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Plt.” 282d, 282e, “Cra.” 388b; κ. καὶ στήμων “PLille” 6.12 (3rd c.BC); νῶσαι μαλθακωτάτην κ. 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 319, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 892; κρόκας ἐμβάλλειν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 623a11 ] Refs 8th c.BC+].
__2 generally, thread, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Morb.” 2.18, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 26, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 ={κροκύς}, flock or nap of woollen cloth, ἐν Ἐκβατάνοισι γίγνεται κρόκης χόλι; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “V.” 1144: _plural_, μαλακαῖσι κρόκαις] Refs 5th c.BC+] with cloths of soft wool, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.44; κρόκαισι] Refs 5th c.BC+] with flocks of wool, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OC” 474; τρίβωνες ἐκβαλόντες.. κρόκας] Refs 5th c.BC+] having lost the nap, worn out, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “fragment” 282.12; τῆς κ. φορουμένης] Refs 5th c.BC+] the wool being torn to pieces, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lys.” 896, compare “Th.” 738; κρόκη θαψίνη] Refs 5th c.BC+] yellow wool, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 12.330.17. ] Refs]
__II ={κροκάλη}, pebble on the sea-shore, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mech.” 852b29; ἐν κρόκῃσι] Refs 4th c.BC+] on the pebbles of the shore, [[ 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 107, 193, etc. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]