κρόκος, ὁ
) ἡ, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 14.5.5)] Refs 1st c.BC+], saffron, Crocus sativus, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.348, “Hymnus in Cererem” 6, 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 41, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OC” 685 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 98 (_plural_), 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.855, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “HP” 4.3.1, +others, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.26, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__b κ. λευκός, C. cancellatus, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “HP” 7.7.4. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__c κ. ἀκανθώδης, ={κνῆκος}, [[[prev. passage] ] Refs]
__2 saffron (made from its stigmas), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nu.” 51, etc.; κρόκου βαφάς Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Agamemnon” 239 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (Lyric poetry); κ. Ἀραβικός [[“Edict.Diocl.” in Ἀθηνᾶ 18.6 ] Refs].
__3 saffron meadow, [[ 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1698.30. ] Refs]
__4 σὺν κρόκῳ ᾠῶν yolk of egg, [[ 6th c.AD: Alexander Trallianus Medicus 1.1: _plural_, ᾠῶν τὰ κρόκα 7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 3.78 ] Refs 6th c.AD+].