Lewis Short
(adjective) : crŏcĕus, a, um, id.
* Of or pertaining to saffron, saffron-.
* Prop.: odores,Verg. G. 1, 56: flores,id. ib. 4, 109: tinctus,saffron-sauce,Plin. 10, 48, 68, § 134: color,id. 27, 10, 59, § 83.
* Transf., saffron-colored, yellow, golden: lutum,Verg. E. 4, 44: cubile,id. G. 1, 447: acanthus,id. A. 1, 649: chlamys,id. ib. 11, 775 al.: comae,Ov. A. A. 1, 530: honor,a saffron-tint,Sil. 8, 444.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary