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Cydōnĭa or Cydōnēa , ae, f., = Κυδωνία,
I.an ancient and celebrated town on the north coast of Crete, now Canea, Mel. 2, 7, 12; Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 59 Sillig N. cr.; Flor. 3, 7, 4.—
II. Hence,
A. Cydon , ōnis, m.
1. A Cydonian, Verg. A. 12, 858.—
2. A son of Phorcus, Verg. A. 10, 325.—In plur., Luc. 7, 229.—
B. Cydō-nĭus , a, um, adj., Cydonian: spicula, poet. for Cretan, Verg. E. 10, 59; cf. “arcus,” Hor. C. 4, 9, 17.—So esp. freq. Cydonia (and Latinized cotonia, cotonea) mala; also absol.: cydōnĭa (cŏtōnĭa , cŏtōnĕa ), ōrum, n., a quince or quince-apple, Plin. 15, 11, 10, § 37; Col. 5, 10, 19; Macr. S. 7, 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 59; Col. 12, 47, 1; Prop. 3 (4), 13, 27.—Cydonia arbor, or absol.: cydōnĭus , ii, f., a quince-tree, Pall. Febr. 25, 21; 25, 20; id. Insit. 99 al.—cydōnĕum , i, n., quincejuice, quince-wine, Dig. 33, 6, 9.—
C. Cy-dōnēus , a, um, adj., Cydonian: “juvencae,” Ov. A. A. 1, 293: pharetrae, poet. for Cretan, id. M. 8, 22: “sagittae,” Stat. Th. 7, 339: “harundo,” Sil. 10, 261.—
D. Cydōnītes , ae, adj., Cydonian: “vites,” Col. 3, 2, 2.—Subst.: Cy-dōnītes , ae, m. (sc. οἶνος), quince-wine (cf. B. fin.), Pall. Oct. 20.—
E. Cydōnĭātae , ārum, m., the inhabitants of Cydonia, Liv. 37, 60, 3; Plin. 8, 58, 83, § 228.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 8.22
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 10.325
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 12.858
    • Lucan, Civil War, 7.229
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 15.37
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 37, 60.3
    • Statius, Thebias, 7
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 3.2.2
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 5.10.19
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