cydonius

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κῠδωνῐ́ᾱ (Kŭdōnĭ́ā, 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.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative cydōnius cydōnia cydōnium cydōniī cydōniae cydōnia
genitive cydōniī cydōniae cydōniī cydōniōrum cydōniārum cydōniōrum
dative cydōniō cydōniae cydōniō cydōniīs
accusative cydōnium cydōniam cydōnium cydōniōs cydōniās cydōnia
ablative cydōniō cydōniā cydōniō cydōniīs
vocative cydōnie cydōnia cydōnium cydōniī cydōniae cydōnia

Derived terms

Noun

cydōnius f (genitive cydōniī or cydōnī); second declension

  1. quince tree

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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