Κυδωνία

See also: κυδωνιά

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the same Pre-Greek source as Mycenaean Greek 𐀓𐀈𐀛𐀊 (ku-do-ni-ja).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ky.dɔː.ní.aː/ → /cy.ðoˈni.a/ → /ci.ðoˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.dɔː.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ky.doˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cy.ðoˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cy.ðoˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ci.ðoˈni.a/

Proper noun

Κῠδωνῐ́ᾱ • (Kŭdōnĭ́ā) f (genitive Κῠδωνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Cydonia, Crete, Greece
2. an epithet of the goddess Athena

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Κῠδωνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Κῠδωνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κῠδωνῐ́ᾱ hē Kŭdōnĭ́ā
Genitive	τῆς Κῠδωνῐ́ᾱς tês Kŭdōnĭ́ās
Dative	τῇ Κῠδωνῐ́ᾳ têi Kŭdōnĭ́āi
Accusative	τὴν Κῠδωνῐ́ᾱν tḕn Kŭdōnĭ́ān
Vocative	Κῠδωνῐ́ᾱ Kŭdōnĭ́ā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κῠδωνῐᾱ́της (Kŭdōnĭā́tēs)
• μηλοκῠδώνιον (mēlokŭdṓnion)

Related terms

• Κῠδώνῐος (Kŭdṓnĭos)

Descendants

• English: Kydonia
• Greek: Κυδωνία (Kydonía)
• Latin: Cydōnia, Cydōnēa
  • English: Cydonia
  • Translingual: Cydonia

References

• “Κυδώνιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007