cydonius

Latin

Alternative forms

• cydōnēus
• cotōnius
• cotōneus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κῠδωνῐ́ᾱ (Kudōníā, “Cydonia”) (town in Crete).

Adjective

cydōnius (feminine cydōnia, neuter cydōnium); first/second-declension adjective

1. Cydonian (from Cydonia, in Crete)
2. Cretan

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cydōnius	cydōnia	cydōnium		cydōniī	cydōniae	cydōnia
Genitive	cydōniī	cydōniae	cydōniī		cydōniōrum	cydōniārum	cydōniōrum
Dative	cydōniō		cydōniō		cydōniīs
Accusative	cydōnium	cydōniam	cydōnium		cydōniōs	cydōniās	cydōnia
Ablative	cydōniō	cydōniā	cydōniō		cydōniīs
Vocative	cydōnie	cydōnia	cydōnium		cydōniī	cydōniae	cydōnia

Derived terms

• mālum cydōnium (“quince”)

Noun

cydōnius f (genitive cydōniī or cydōnī); second declension

1. quince tree

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cydōnius	cydōniī
Genitive	cydōniī cydōnī1	cydōniōrum
Dative	cydōniō	cydōniīs
Accusative	cydōnium	cydōniōs
Ablative	cydōniō	cydōniīs
Vocative	cydōnie	cydōniī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).