Κυδωνία

See also: κυδωνιά

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the same Pre-Greek source as Mycenaean Greek 𐀓𐀈𐀛𐀊 (ku-do-ni-ja).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Κῠδωνῐ́ᾱ • (Kudōníā) f (genitive Κῠδωνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. Cydonia, Crete, Greece
  2. an epithet of the goddess Athena

Inflection

Derived terms

  • Κῠδώνῐος (Kudṓnios)

Descendants

References

  • Κυδώνιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007
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