cydonius

== Latin == === Alternative forms === cydōnēus cotōnius cotōneus === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Κῠδωνῐ́ᾱ (Kŭdōnĭ́ā, “Cydonia”) (town in Crete). === Adjective === cydōnius (feminine cydōnia, neuter cydōnium); first/second-declension adjective Cydonian (from Cydonia, in Crete) Cretan ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== mālum cydōnium (“quince”) === Noun === cydōnius f (genitive cydōniī or cydōnī); second declension quince tree ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).