croceus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === crocceus === Etymology === From crocum (“saffron”) + -eus (“-eous”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkrɔ.ke.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkrɔː.t͡ʃe.us] === Adjective === croceus (feminine crocea, neuter croceum); first/second-declension adjective (relational) saffron yellow or red in color like saffron Synonym: lūteus ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== Croceus ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: croceo → Portuguese: cróceo ==== See also ==== === References === “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, 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.