Croton

See also: croton, cròton, and crôton

Translingual

Croton tiglium

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek κροτών (krotṓn, “tick”), from the size and shape of the seed.

Proper noun

Croton m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Euphorbiaceae – many Asiatic shrubs, the source of croton oil.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids, COM clade - clades; Malpighiales - order; Euphorbiaceae - family; Crotonoideae - subfamily; Crotoneae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Croton tiglium (purging croton) - type species; for other species see List of Croton species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Croton (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Croton on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Croton on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Croton at USDA Plants database

English

A map of the Croton river's drainage basin. There is also a village, called Croton-on-Hudson (or simply Croton) located along the river.

Etymology

The river takes its name from the (Mohegan-Pequot) name of the chief of the group which lived along it. (It was formerly named after the group itself, the Kitchawan subdivision of the Mohegan.) The river feeds the Croton Reservoir in Croton-on-Hudson, which feeds the Croton Aqueduct, which supplies water to New York City, hence the metonymic sense.

Early spellings of the name include Scroton.

Proper noun

Croton

1. A river in southern New York.
2. Short for Croton-on-Hudson, a village in southern New York located along the Croton and Hudson rivers.
3. (dated) The water supply of New York City. [from 1840]
   • 1869, “Annual report of the Department of Public Charities of the City of New York”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], page 178:

     The pumps now draw water from this tank, instead of from the "Croton main" as formerly.

   • 1891, Transactions of the Royal Institute of British Architects‎^[2], page 364:

     The water, supplied from the "Croton" main at the 68th Street side of the building, is connected by two pipes: one for direct service, and the other to supply a hot-air engine, which forces the water to the tank at the top of the house for a high or indirect service.

   • 1895 June 29, “THE POOR WATER SUPPLY; Business Men Alarmed by The New-York Times Exposures”, in New York Times:

     New York Cotton Exchange - A pressure of about 14 pounds from the Croton main

Derived terms

• Croton bug (cockroach)

Anagrams

• Corton, contro-, corton

Latin

Alternative forms

• Crotōna

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κρότων (Krótōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkro.toːn/, [ˈkrɔt̪oːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkro.ton/, [ˈkrɔːt̪on]

Proper noun

Crotōn f sg (genitive Crotōnis); third declension

1. Crotone (a city in Italy)

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Crotōn
Genitive	Crotōnis
Dative	Crotōnī
Accusative	Crotōnem
Ablative	Crotōne
Vocative	Crotōn
Locative	Crotōnī Crotōne

Derived terms

• Crotōniensis
• Crotōniātēs

References

• “Croton”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Croton in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.