Lexicographical Neighbors of Croceate
Literary usage of Croceate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Metropolitan (1832)
"... Dire fate! but shall 1 fail my trust — ibis band, The deep folds of her croceate
veil 'And sec them perish on this iron strand — In wild disorder float. ..."
2. Peloponnesiaca: A Supplement to Travels on the Moréa by William Martin Leake (1846)
"... the demand for the croceate porphyry may have given way to other fashions, or
may have been supplied from other quarries ; and the pebbles alone may ..."
3. Agamemnon: A Tragedy by Aeschylus, Thomas Medwin (1832)
"... along the ground The deep folds of her croceate veil In wild disorder float,
and trail, And from her pleading eyes, With tenderest beams to thrill and ..."
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