Κυδωνία

See also: κυδωνιά

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

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
tēî 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

  • Κῠδώνῐος (Kŭdṓnĭos)

Descendants

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

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
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