μηλοκυδώνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) +‎ Κυδώνιος (Kudṓnios, “Cydonian”), from Κυδωνία (Kudōnía, “Cydonia”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɛː.lo.ky.dɔ̌ː.ni.on/ → /mi.lo.cyˈðo.ni.on/ → /mi.lo.ciˈðo.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɛː.lo.ky.dɔ̌ː.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me̝.lo.kyˈdo.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mi.lo.cyˈðo.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mi.lo.cyˈðo.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.lo.ciˈðo.ni.on/

Noun

μηλοκῠδώνῐον • (mēlokŭdṓnĭon) n (genitive μηλοκῠδωνῐ́ου); second declension

1. quince (Cydonia oblonga)

   Synonym: χρῡσόμηλον (khrūsómēlon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ μηλοκῠδώνῐον; τοῦ μηλοκῠδωνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μηλοκῠδώνῐον tò mēlokŭdṓnĭon	τὼ μηλοκῠδωνῐ́ω tṑ mēlokŭdōnĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ μηλοκῠδώνῐᾰ tằ mēlokŭdṓnĭă
Genitive	τοῦ μηλοκῠδωνῐ́ου toû mēlokŭdōnĭ́ou	τοῖν μηλοκῠδωνῐ́οιν toîn mēlokŭdōnĭ́oin	τῶν μηλοκῠδωνῐ́ων tôn mēlokŭdōnĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ μηλοκῠδωνῐ́ῳ tôi mēlokŭdōnĭ́ōi	τοῖν μηλοκῠδωνῐ́οιν toîn mēlokŭdōnĭ́oin	τοῖς μηλοκῠδωνῐ́οις toîs mēlokŭdōnĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ μηλοκῠδώνῐον tò mēlokŭdṓnĭon	τὼ μηλοκῠδωνῐ́ω tṑ mēlokŭdōnĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ μηλοκῠδώνῐᾰ tằ mēlokŭdṓnĭă
Vocative	μηλοκῠδώνῐον mēlokŭdṓnĭon	μηλοκῠδωνῐ́ω mēlokŭdōnĭ́ō	μηλοκῠδώνῐᾰ mēlokŭdṓnĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: mālum cotōneum

Further reading

• “μηλοκυδώνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μηλοκυδώνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette