cotoneum

Latin

Alternative forms

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).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cotōneum cotōnea
Genitive cotōneī cotōneōrum
Dative cotōneō cotōneīs
Accusative cotōneum cotōnea
Ablative cotōneō cotōneīs
Vocative cotōneum cotōnea

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: gutunji, gutunjep, gãtunji
    • Romanian: gutuie
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Padanian:
    • Emilian: cudògn, codògn, dògn
    • Friulian: codogn
    • Lombard: codògn
    • Piedmontese: codògn, cògn
    • Romagnol: cudògn
    • Romansch: cudogn
    • Venetian: codogno
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: coueng
    • Old French: codoin (see there for further descendants)
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
    • Aragonese: codonyo, codunyo
      Northern Ribagorçan: codony
    • Catalan: codony
    • Occitan: codonh (all dialects)
      Auvergnat: coenh, codònh
      Gascon: codolh, conh, cuenh, codoi
      Limousin: coduenh
      Vivaro-Alpine: acodonh, agodom
  • Insular Romance::
    • Sardinian: chidonza
  • Albanian: ftua
  • Dutch: kwee
    • Dutch: kweepeer (see there for further descendants)
  • Old High German: quitina
    • Middle High German: quiten (see there for further descendants)
  • Middle Low German: quede
  • Proto-Slavic: *kъduňa (see there for further descendants)
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