Cydonia

Translingual

Cydonia oblonga

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Latin Cydonia.

Proper noun

Cydonia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – the quince.
2. (planetology) An albedo feature on Mars, famous for the “Face on Mars” formation.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Rosales – order; Rosaceae - family; Amygdaloideae - subfamily; Maleae - tribe

Derived terms

• (genus): Cydonia oblonga
• (surface feature): Cydonia Mensae

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English

Alternative forms

• Kydonia

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Κυδωνία (Kudōnía).

Proper noun

Cydonia

1. An ancient city-state on the Greek island of Crete.

Anagrams

• cyanido, dicyano

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Cydōnēa

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κυδωνία (Kudōnía).

Proper noun

Cydōnia f sg (genitive Cydōniae); first declension

1. Cydonia (ancient city on Crete)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cydōnia
Genitive	Cydōniae
Dative	Cydōniae
Accusative	Cydōniam
Ablative	Cydōniā
Vocative	Cydōnia
Locative	Cydōniae

References

• “Cydonia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Cydonia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.