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Κυδώνιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Κυδώνιος Κυδώνιᾱ Κυδώνιον

Structure: Κυδωνι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Ku/dwn

Sense

  1. Cydonian, a quince
  2. swelling like a quince, round and plump

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative Κυδώνιος Κυδωνίᾱ Κυδώνιον
Genitive Κυδωνίου Κυδωνίᾱς Κυδωνίου
Dative Κυδωνίῳ Κυδωνίᾱͅ Κυδωνίῳ
Accusative Κυδώνιον Κυδωνίᾱν Κυδώνιον
Vocative Κυδώνιε Κυδωνίᾱ Κυδώνιον
DualN/A/V Κυδωνίω Κυδωνίᾱ Κυδωνίω
G/D Κυδωνίοιν Κυδωνίαιν Κυδωνίοιν
PluralNominative Κυδώνιοι Κυδώνιαι Κυδώνια
Genitive Κυδωνίων Κυδωνιῶν Κυδωνίων
Dative Κυδωνίοις Κυδωνίαις Κυδωνίοις
Accusative Κυδωνίους Κυδωνίᾱς Κυδώνια
Vocative Κυδώνιοι Κυδώνιαι Κυδώνια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective Κυδώνιος Κυδωνίου Κυδωνιότερος Κυδωνιοτέρου Κυδωνιότατος Κυδωνιοτάτου
Adverb Κυδωνίως Κυδωνιότερον Κυδωνιότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Ἀπολλόδωροσ δὲ καὶ Σωσίβιοσ τὸ κυδώνιον μῆλον ἀκούουσιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 22 1:5)
  • ὅτι δὲ διαφέρει τὸ κυδώνιον μῆλον τοῦ στρουθίου σαφῶσ εἴρηκε Θεόφραστοσ ἐν β’ τῆσ ἱστορίασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 22 1:6)
  • ἁ Πέλοποσ νᾶσοσ καὶ δύσπλοοσ ὤλεσε Κρήτα, καὶ Μαλέου τυφλαὶ καμπτομένου σπιλάδεσ Δάμιδοσ Ἀστυδάμαντα Κυδώνιον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 2751)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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