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 • (mēlokudṓnion) 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 mēlokudṓnion	τὼ μηλοκῠδωνῐ́ω tṑ mēlokudōníō	τᾰ̀ μηλοκῠδώνῐᾰ tà mēlokudṓnia
Genitive	τοῦ μηλοκῠδωνῐ́ου toû mēlokudōníou	τοῖν μηλοκῠδωνῐ́οιν toîn mēlokudōníoin	τῶν μηλοκῠδωνῐ́ων tôn mēlokudōníōn
Dative	τῷ μηλοκῠδωνῐ́ῳ tôi mēlokudōníōi	τοῖν μηλοκῠδωνῐ́οιν toîn mēlokudōníoin	τοῖς μηλοκῠδωνῐ́οις toîs mēlokudōníois
Accusative	τὸ μηλοκῠδώνῐον tò mēlokudṓnion	τὼ μηλοκῠδωνῐ́ω tṑ mēlokudōníō	τᾰ̀ μηλοκῠδώνῐᾰ tà mēlokudṓnia
Vocative	μηλοκῠδώνῐον mēlokudṓnion	μηλοκῠδωνῐ́ω mēlokudōníō	μηλοκῠδώνῐᾰ mēlokudṓnia
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