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κρόκη

κρόκη, the thread which is passed between the threads of the warp

κρόκη, ἡ, heterocl. acc. κρόκα Hes. Op. 538, nom. pl. κρόκες AP 6.335 (Antip.): nom. κρόξ only in Hsch.: (κρέκω):—
  • thread which is passed between the threads of the warp, woof, Hes. l.c., Hdt. 2.35, Pl. Plt. 282d, 282e, Cra. 388b; κ. καὶ στήμων PLille 6.12 (iii B. C.); νῶσαι μαλθακωτάτην κ. Eup. 319, cf. Men. 892; κρόκας ἐμβάλλειν Arist. HA 623a11.
      • 2 generally, thread, Hp. Morb. 2.18, Luc. Nav. 26, etc.
      • 3 = κροκύς, flock or nap of woollen cloth, ἐν Ἐκβατάνοισι γίγνεται κρόκης χόλιξ; Ar. V. 1144: pl., μαλακαῖσι κρόκαις with cloths of soft wool, Pi. N. 10.44; κρόκαισι with flocks of wool, S. OC 474; τρίβωνες ἐκβαλόντες . . κρόκας having lost the nap, worn out, E. Fr. 282.12; τῆς κ. φορουμένης the wool being torn to pieces, Ar. Lys. 896, cf. Th. 738; κρόκη θαψίνη yellow wool, IG 1(2).330.17.
    • II = κροκάλη, pebble on the sea-shore, Arist. Mech. 852b29; ἐν κρόκῃσι on the pebbles of the shore, Lyc. 107, 193, etc.

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