cotoneum
Latin
Alternative forms
- cotōnium
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κυδώνιον (kudṓnion), Κυδωνία (Kudōnía). Compare mālum cotōneum as variant of mālum cydonium, a translation of Greek μήλον κυδώνιον (mḗlon kudṓnion).
Noun
cotōneum n (genitive cotōneī); second declension
- a quince (fruit)
Usage notes
More often found in the plural than in the singular.
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | 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
- Eastern Romance:
- Aromanian: gutunji, gutunjep, gãtunji
- Romanian: gutuie
- Italian: cotogna
- Old French: cooing
- French: coing
- → Middle English: coyn, quyn, coing, coigne, quoyne
- Scots: coyne (obsolete)
- ⇒ Middle English: quynce, quyns, qwince, quince, quence, qwyns, coynce
- English: quince
- Scots: quince
- Old Occitan:
- Catalan: codony
- Occitan: codonh
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: codogn
- Romansch: cudogn
- Sardinian: chidonza
- Sicilian: cutugnu, cutugna
- Venetian: codogno
- → Albanian: ftua