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語源

From crocum (“saffron”) +‎ -eus (“-eous”)

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈkrɔ.ke.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈkrɔː.t͡ʃe.us]

形容詞

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

1. (relational) saffron
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia X.LXVIII.134:

     […] , et praecipua sapore lagopus. Pedes leporino villo nomen hoc dedere cetero candidae, columbarum magnitudine. Non extra terram eam vesci facile, quando nec vita mansuescit et corpus ocissime marcescit. Est et alia nomine eodem, a coturnicibus magnitudine tantum differens, croceo unctu cibis gratissima.

     […] , the lagopus (ptarmigan) is of culinary notice too. It derives its name from the appearance of its feet, they seem to be covered with hare's fur, it is otherwise white and the size of a dove. It is no easy task having them from their native country to our plate, as they would be taken lifeless and their body wither but too fast. Another bird is known by this name, only different from the quail by its size, it makes for a delicious dish with saffron sauce.

2. yellow or red in color like saffron
   • c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgics 4.109–111:

     Invitent croceis halantes floribus horti
     Et custos furum atque avium cum falce saligna
     Hellespontiaci servet tutela Priapi.

     May gardens, fragrant with yellow flower, lure them [the bees] and Hellespontian Priap with his willow scythe the robbing bee and the birds keep away.

   Synonym: lūteus

語形変化

First/second-declension adjective.

派生語

• Croceus

派生した語

• → Italian: croceo
• → Portuguese: cróceo

参考

参照

• “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.