Croci & Ivory Towers?
Most people would say "crocuses" but there is something about Cambridge University and its classical traditions (it's 800 years old this year) that makes me want to use a Latin plural! However.... "crocus" is Latin and the plural (in Latin, not in English) is "croci". The Latin "crocus" is from the Greek "krokos" (plural "krokoi"). But apparently the plural of botanical terms is the same as the singular. So crocus, croci and crocuses all seem to be correct - or wrong - to someone. Somewhere in that beautiful library there should be a definitive answer - probably in Latin.
Anyway, the photo is of Trinity's Wren library and the King's College chapel peeping through the trees and across the Cam and the Backs ... sunlit between downpours on a thundery day - with a damp & glistening crocus display in the foreground.
Croci & Ivory Towers?
Most people would say "crocuses" but there is something about Cambridge University and its classical traditions (it's 800 years old this year) that makes me want to use a Latin plural! However.... "crocus" is Latin and the plural (in Latin, not in English) is "croci". The Latin "crocus" is from the Greek "krokos" (plural "krokoi"). But apparently the plural of botanical terms is the same as the singular. So crocus, croci and crocuses all seem to be correct - or wrong - to someone. Somewhere in that beautiful library there should be a definitive answer - probably in Latin.
Anyway, the photo is of Trinity's Wren library and the King's College chapel peeping through the trees and across the Cam and the Backs ... sunlit between downpours on a thundery day - with a damp & glistening crocus display in the foreground.