cotoneum

Latin

Alternative forms

cotōnium

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

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

cydonium
mālum cydonium, mālum cotōneum

Related terms

cotōneus

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: gutunji, gutunjep, gãtunji
- Romanian: gutuie
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: cotogna, cotogno
- Sicilian: cutugnu, cutugna
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, 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
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
Borrowings:
- → Albanian: ftua

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