The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκροκίας“a saffron-colored stone”
- English todaycrocias
From Ancient Greek κροκίας (krokías, “a saffron-colored stone”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
crocias
Today it means: Only used in spotted crocias and grey-crowned crocias (two species of birds in the laughingthrush family, found in Java and Vietnam). Full definition →
Ancient Greek κροκίας