malum cotonium

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Latin

Alternative forms

mālum cotōneum, cotōneum, cotōnium, cydōnium

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek μηλοκυδώνιον (mēlokudṓnion, literally “apple of Cydonia”), named after a town in Crete.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.lum koˈtoː.ni.um/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.lum koˈto.ni.um/,

Noun

mālum cotōnium n (genitive mālī cotōniī); second declension

the quince, fruit of the Cydonia

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter) with a second-declension adjective.

	singular	plural
nominative	mālum cotōnium	māla cotōnia
genitive	mālī cotōniī	mālōrum cotōniōrum
dative	mālō cotōniō	mālīs cotōniīs
accusative	mālum cotōnium	māla cotōnia
ablative	mālō cotōniō	mālīs cotōniīs
vocative	mālum cotōnium	māla cotōnia

Descendants

Italian: melocotogno
Spanish: melocotón (“peach”)
- →? Catalan: melicotó, melocotó, melacotó
- → English: melocoton
- → Portuguese: melocotão
→ Albanian: mollaftua

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