- κυδώνια
- κυδώνια (μᾶλα)Grammatical information: n. pl.Meaning: `quinces' (Stesich., Alcm., com.), -ιαι μηλίδες (Ibyc.).Derivatives: κυδωνέα (-ία) f. `quince-tree, Pirus Cydonia' (hell. pap., Dsc.), -ίτης (οἶνος) `wine from...' (Dsc., Colum.; Redard Les noms grecs en -της 97), -ᾶτον `drink of ...' (Aet., Paul.Aeg.), -ιάω `swell like quinces' (APl.). - κυδωνό-μελι n. `mede from ...' (Dsc., Orib.; Strömberg Wortstudien 30).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Through folk-etymological connection with the famous city of Κυδωνία (on the north coast of Crete) from an older Anatolian name, which is still retained in κοδύ-μαλον (Alcm. 90); cf. further the town Κυτώνιον on the border of Lydia. On confusion with κόττανον (s. v.) is based the indication of the meaning in H.: κοδώνεα σῦκα χειμερινά. καὶ καρύων εἶδος Περσικῶν. Lat. LW [loanword] cydōneum ` quince-juice, -wine' (Ulp.). Here also - prob. as independent loan - Lat. cotōneum `quince' (Cato). From cotōneum and cydōneum derive the West- and Easteurop. forms, e.g. Ital. cotogno, Fr. coing (\> NEngl. quince), OHG chutina, MHG quiten, Slav., e.g. ORuss. gdunja. - Further details in W.-Hofmann s. cotōneum and Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 2, 209; further Lavagnini Stud. itfilclass. 18, 205, Mayer Glotta 32, 73 f.; Hehn, Kulturpflanzen 241. Trump, Hermes 88 (1960) 14-22; Berger MSS 9 (1956) 8ff.Page in Frisk: 2,42
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