μηλοκυδώνιον
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + Κυδώνιος (Kudṓnios, “Cydonian”), from Κυδωνία (Kudōnía, “Cydonia”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛː.lo.ky.dɔ̌ː.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me̝.lo.kyˈdo.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mi.lo.cyˈðo.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mi.lo.cyˈðo.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.lo.ciˈðo.ni.on/
Noun
editμηλοκῠδώνῐον • (mēlokŭdṓnĭon) n (genitive μηλοκῠδωνῐ́ου); second declension
- quince (Cydonia oblonga)
- Synonym: χρῡσόμηλον (khrūsómēlon)
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Descendants
edit- Latin: mālum cotōneum
Further reading
edit- “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
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- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension
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