cotoneum

Latin

Alternative forms

• cotōnium, quidōnia

Etymology

Ellipsis of mālum cotōneum (“Cydonian apple”). From Ancient Greek κυδώνιον (kudṓnion), Κυδωνία (Kudōnía). Variant of mālum cydonium, a translation of Greek μήλον κυδώνιον (mḗlon kudṓnion).

Noun

cotōneum n (genitive cotōneī); second declension

1. a quince (fruit)

Usage notes

More often found in the plural than in the singular.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	cotōneum	cotōnea
genitive	cotōneī	cotōneōrum
dative	cotōneō	cotōneīs
accusative	cotōneum	cotōnea
ablative	cotōneō	cotōneīs
vocative	cotōneum	cotōnea

Synonyms

• cydonium
• mālum cydonium, mālum cotōneum

Related terms

• cotōneus

Descendants

• Balkano-Romance:
  • Aromanian: gutunji, gutunjep, gãtunji
  • Romanian: gutuie
• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Italian: cotogno, cotogna
  • Sicilian: cutugnu, cutugna
  • Venetan: codogno
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: codogn
  • Romansh: cudogn
• Gallo-Italic::
  • Emilian: cudògn, codògn, dògn
  • Lombard: codògn
  • Piedmontese: codògn, cògn
  • Romagnol: cudògn
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: coueng
  • Old French: codoin (see there for further descendants)
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: codony
  • Occitan: codonh (all dialects)

    Auvergnat: coenh, codònh

    Gascon: codolh, conh, cuenh, codoi

    Limousin: coduenh

    Vivaro-Alpine: acodonh, agodom

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: codonyo, codunyo

    Northern Ribagorçan: codony

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: chidonza
• Borrowings:
  • → Albanian: ftua
  • → Middle Dutch: quede
    • Dutch: kwee
      • ⇒ Dutch: kweepeer (see there for further descendants)
  • → Middle Low German: quede
    • → Danish: kvæde
  • → Old High German: quitina
    • Middle High German: quiten (see there for further descendants)
  • → Proto-Slavic: *kъduňa (see there for further descendants)